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deprecate(dictionary)

tumulary (iou) and deprecate (iou)


tumulary (iou)



tumulary adjective. M18.
[formed as TUMULAR + -ARY2.]
Pertaining to or placed over a tomb; sepulchral.

deprecate (iou)



deprecate verb trans. E17.
[Latin deprecat- pa. ppl stem of deprecari, from de- DE- 1 + precari pray: see -ATE3.]
Pray against (evil); try to avert by prayer. arch. E17.
H. Martineau The rest of the nation were at church, deprecating God's judgments.
Entreat, beseech, (a person). E17-E19.
Plead or protest against; express disapproval of or an earnest wish against. M17.
F. A. G. Ouseley Such a method of proceeding is greatly to be deprecated. H. Kissinger He deprecated an interim settlement, claiming that Egypt would reject it.
Invoke (evil). M-L18.
[By assoc.] = DEPRECIATE 1. L19.
M. Frayn Trying to shrink into himself, as if to deprecate..his authority and to become as Other men.
deprecatingly adverb so as to deprecate M19.
deprecator noun [Latin] a person who deprecates something or someone M17.