Crossword clues for derogate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Derogate \Der"o*gate\, v. i.
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To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.
If we did derogate from them whom their industry hath made great.
--Hooker.It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
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To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate. [R.]
You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not derogate.
--Shak.Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?
--Hazlitt.
Derogate \Der"o*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derogated; p. pr. & vb. n. Derogating.] [L. derogatus, p. p. of derogare to derogate; de- + rogare to ask, to ask the people about a law. See Rogation.]
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To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.
By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated.
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To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing. [R.]
Anything . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name.
--Sir T. More.
Derogate \Der"o*gate\, n. [L. derogatus, p. p.]
Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [R.]
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "impair (authority); disparage (reputation)," from Latin derogatus, past participle of derogare "diminish" (see derogatory).
Wiktionary
(context archaic English) debased v
1 (context obsolete transitive English) To partially repeal (a law et
). (16th-17th c.) 2 (context transitive English) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. (from 16th c.) 3 (context ambitransitive English) To take away (something (term: from) something else) in a way which leaves it lessene
(from 16th c.) 4 (context intransitive English) To remove a part, to detract (term: from) (a quality of excellence, authority etc.). (from 16th c.) 5 (context intransitive English) To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself. (from 17th c.)
WordNet
Usage examples of "derogate".
Whether the declaration or instrument for restitution of Port Egmont, to be made by the Catholic king to his majesty, under a reservation of a disputed right of sovereignty, expressed in the very declaration or instrument stipulating such restitution, can be accepted or carried into execution, without derogating from the maxim of law touching the inherent and essential dignity of the crown of Great Britain?
The harsh and ungenerous treatment which he experienced, ^45 instead of derogating from the truth of his evidence, affords an additional proof of the spirit which actuated the deliberations of the synod.
She never derogated from her husband's honour by the fictitious liveliness of gossip, or allowed any one to forget the peeress in the woman.
He felt it to be a thing unworthy of him, a thing that derogated from his self-respect.
There was not an organ of his body that had not been drugged and derogated, dusted and dredged, fingered and photographed, removed, plundered and replaced.
And already she had derogated from the increase of dignity accruing to her from his very intention to translate her to so great an eminence.
No application of the law is valid if it derogates from the principle.
It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
As the reluctant dignitary made, with discomposed and sulky look, the obeisance required, the SPRUCH-SPRECHER shook his baton, and proclaimed, like a herald, that, in what he was now doing, the Archduke of Austria was not to be held derogating from the rank and privileges of a sovereign prince.
It will not be broken by "feeling" or "intuiting" our way into the future while derogating empirical study, analysis, and rational effort.
Without derogating from the biographic claims of those who minister to intellect and taste, those who minister to utility need not be overlooked.
There may have been something a little Victorian about the Flaxbrovians propensity to translate a novelty into a fashion and a fashion into a steady habit, but the creator of the Neptune saw no point in derogating any trend from which he might capitalize.
They may, too, without derogating from themselves, bear even the authority of such persons if it promotes their service.
There may have been something a little Victorian about the Flaxbrovians’ propensity to translate a novelty into a fashion and a fashion into a steady habit, but the creator of the Neptune saw no point in derogating any trend from which he might capitalize.
The harsh and ungenerous treatment which he experienced, ^45 instead of derogating from the truth of his evidence, affords an additional proof of the spirit which actuated the deliberations of the synod.