Crossword clues for derogated
derogated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: derogate)
Usage examples of "derogated".
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.