deprecate
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deprecate
- /ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/ UK
- /ˈdɛpɹəkeɪt/ UK
- /ˈdɛp.rɪˌkeɪt/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
verb deprecates · deprecating · deprecated
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To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.
Similar: disparage, denounce, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, clobber, cannonade, slash, lash, blame · Opposite: recommend, endorse
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To belittle, depreciate.
He deprecates any praise of his own merits.
Similar: deprecate, disparage, make light of, bagatellize, banalize, belittle, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, derogate, dispraise · Opposite: praise, commend, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overdo, overemphasize, overstate, play up, stretch
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To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
The 'bold' tag has been deprecated in favour of the 'strong' tag.
Similar: disrecommend, unprescribe
- To pray against. And in deprecating of Evil, we make an humble Acknowledgement of Guilt; and of God’s Juſtice in chaſtizing, as well as Clemency, in ſparing the Guilty.
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To regret deeply.
Similar: repent, rue, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beweep, condole, deplore, elegize
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verb express disapproval of
| 日本語 | 非難する hinan suru |
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| 中文 | 反對 /反对 fǎnduì, 抗議 /抗议 kàngyì |
| Português | depreciar |
| Français | désapprouver de |
| Deutsch | ablehnen, missbilligen, nicht gutheißen |
| Italiano | deprecare |
| Русский | возража́ть vozražátʹ, возрази́ть vozrazítʹ, протестова́ть protestovátʹ, выступа́ть про́тив vystupátʹ prótiv, ре́зко осужда́ть rézko osuždátʹ, не одобря́ть ne odobrjátʹ |
verb declare obsolescent
| 日本語 | 終了する shūryō suru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 棄用 /弃用 qìyòng, 淘汰 táotài |
| Português | descontinuar |
| Deutsch | als überholt einstufen, als veraltet einstufen |
| Русский | приостана́вливать priostanávlivatʹ, приостанови́ть priostanovítʹ, прекраща́ть prekraščátʹ, прекрати́ть prekratítʹ |
| עברית | הכריז כמיושן hikhríz kimyushán |
verb pray against
| Español | deprecar |
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| 中文 | 祈禱反對 /祈祷反对 qídǎo fǎnduì |
| Deutsch | beten dagegen |
verb regret deeply
| 中文 | 深感遺憾 /深感遗憾 shēngǎn yíhàn, 深深後悔 /深深后悔 shēnshēn hòuhuǐ |
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title = {deprecate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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