deprecate
Betekenis (Engels)
- (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
- (transitive) To belittle, depreciate.
- (transitive) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
- (archaic, transitive) To pray against.
- (archaic, transitive) To regret deeply.
Sinonieme
disparage
denounce
pass judgment
protest against
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)
Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
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