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deprecative, a.|ˈdɛprɪkeɪtɪv|
[a. F. déprécatif, -ive (13th c. in Britton, 14th c. in Hatzf.), ad. L. dēprecātīv-us, f. ppl. stem of dēprecārī to deprecate: see -ive.]
Having the quality of deprecating; of or pertaining to deprecation. †a. Intercessory, precative (obs.). b. Praying for deliverance from evil. c. Expressing earnest disapproval (of a proposal).
1490Caxton Eneydos ix. 37 To the, thenne..I addresse my thoughte deprecatyue..that it maye playse the to entende to the correction of the maners..of our matrones. a1617Bayne Diocesans Tryall (1621) 58 They imposed hands even on Deaconesses, where it could not be otherwise considered then a deprecative gesture. 1672–5T. Comber Comp. to Temple I. 752 (R.) The form itself is very ancient, consisting..of two parts, the first deprecative, the second indicative; the one intreating for pardon, the other dispensing it. 1884Century Mag. XXVIII. 588 It better pleased his deprecative soul to put them in an empty cigar-box.
Hence ˈdeprecatively adv., in a deprecative manner; in the way of entreaty for deliverance.
1638Penit. Conf. viii. (1657) 270 The form of absolution is expressed in the third person deprecatively. 1879P. R. Drummond Perthshire i. xiv. 80 Looking up to him deprecatively, he said [etc.]. |