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Meanings of deprecate in English

Portuguese
depreciar
Catalan
suplicar
Spanish
menospreciar

Belittle.

        depreciar

        Consider bad or wrong.

              Usage of deprecate in English
              1
              Bogislaus appeared in person in the camp of Gustavus, to deprecate this condition.
              The History of the Thirty Years' War
              2
              We most earnestly deprecate the imputation of disregarding religion in Education.
              Richard Lovell Edgeworth: A Selection From His Memoirs
              3
              In the sentiment which led us to deprecate her marriage nothing is changed.
              The American
              4
              I must interrupt the passage, most fervently to deprecate and abominate the sequel:-
              The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)
              5
              You can deprecate this focus on Campbell's age all you like.
              The Guardian
              6
              Again and again Erica heard her deprecate the introduction of any public question.
              We Two: A Novel
              7
              The one reputation I deprecate is that of having been ill-used.
              The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
              8
              Destitute of legislative and physical power, the colonists could do nothing but deprecate.
              The History of Tasmania, Volume I
              9
              Beside it burglary was a bagatelle, but one to deprecate none the less.
              The Amateur Cracksman
              10
              We deprecate this attempt to import political prejudice into the situation.
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916
              11
              I doubt if they will get free from all they deprecate in society.'
              Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
              12
              Assuming that the reverend gentleman was inadvertently buried alive, we deprecate this delay.
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917
              13
              All who belong to that race will especially deprecate it, as they ought.
              The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862
              14
              But she would do nothing to seem to deprecate his wrath.
              Kept in the Dark
              15
              It is our part to deprecate its wrath, or bow to its decrees.
              The Castle of Otranto
              16
              I only deprecate the publicity that might wound my mother's memory.
              Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
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              Portuguese
              depreciar
              Deprecate through the time
              Deprecate across language varieties
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