/
ˈdɛprɪkeɪt/
v.
- express disapproval of.
- another term for depreciate (in sense 2).
Derivative
- deprecating adj.
- deprecatingly adv.
- deprecation n.
- deprecative
/ˈdɛprɪkətɪv/
adj. - deprecator n.
Etymology
C17 (earlier (ME) as deprecation in the sense ‘a prayer to ward off evil’): from L. deprecat-, deprecari, from de- (expressing reversal) + precari ‘pray’.
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