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/dˈɛprəkˌeɪtɪŋ/ Listen

verb

deprecate v. t. (past & past part. deprecated; pres. part. deprecating)

To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to desire the removal of. (archaic)

To protest against; to advance reasons against. "His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it."

To disapprove of strongly; to express a low opinion of.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... none, and the tint she would fain have called into requisition at that moment was not contained in any of her numerous rouge-pots. So she cast down her eyes, thereby displaying to advantage the length and thickness of her jet-black lashes, and raised her hand with a deprecating gesture, which called attention to its pretty, taper fingers and rosy nails. The marquis watched he admiringly, and she certainly was very charming in her way. He did not vouchsafe even a glance to the other two young actresses—refraining from testifying any marked ...

— Captain Fracasse • Theophile Gautier

... came out as they approached, and with a deprecating gesture invited them to take a seat beneath his verandah, and partake ...

— Middy and Ensign • G. Manville Fenn

... I wasn't thinking of that," interrupted Miss Valeyon, with a gesture as if deprecating the idea of having ever entertained ideas so lowly. "I shall hardly be in town on the Fourth," she added, reflectively, as ...

— Bressant • Julian Hawthorne

... over-rate my abilities," he said, with a slight deprecating smile. "But at any rate, please be sure of one thing. You could not have asked the advice of anyone more anxious to ...

— The Moving Finger • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... saw he had gone a little too far in his effort to create the proper dramatic setting for his clemency. He had not expected the young woman to "rise" quite so far and high. His deprecating half-apology, half-eulogy, gave ...

— Little Citizens • Myra Kelly

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