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.
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vb. (present participle of derogate English)
Usage examples of "derogating".
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.
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 FlaxbroviansÂ’ 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.