DEPRECATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deprecate mean? 

• DEPRECATE (verb)
  The verb DEPRECATE has 2 senses:

1. express strong disapproval of; deplore

2. belittle

  Familiarity information: DEPRECATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPRECATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they deprecate    ... he / she / it deprecates   
Past simple: deprecated   
Past participle: deprecated   
-ing form: deprecating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express strong disapproval of; deplore

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "deprecate" is one way to...):

disapprove; reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

deprecation (the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself))

deprecative (given to expressing disapproval)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Belittle

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

deprecate; depreciate; vilipend

Context example:

The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts

Hypernyms (to "deprecate" is one way to...):

belittle; disparage; pick at (express a negative opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deprecate"):

deflate; puncture (reduce or lessen the size or importance of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

deprecation (the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself))

deprecative; deprecatory (tending to diminish or disparage)

 Context examples 

Use of this unit is generally deprecated by ISO and IUPAC.

(Millimeter of Mercury, NCI Thesaurus)

A deprecated unit of force defined as a force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one kilogram.

(Kilogram-Force, NCI Thesaurus)

The cook drew himself up in a smugly humble fashion, a deprecating smirk on his face.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues and to deprecate the vices of mankind.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He deprecated her mistaken but well-meaning zeal.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A deprecated unit of force defined as a force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one gram.

(Gram-Force, NCI Thesaurus)

You must cultivate a manner with women which shall be deprecating and yet audacious.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I don't know all I have done, in my fatuity,” said Mr. Wickfield, putting out his hands, as if to deprecate my condemnation.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She deprecated the connexion in every light.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He faced us as we assembled for breakfast with a deprecating false modesty in his eyes, as who should say, I know that I deserve all that you can say, but I pray you to spare my blushes by not saying it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)