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▪ I. ˈderogate, ppl. a. Now rare.
[ad. L. dērogāt-us, pa. pple. of dērogāre: see next.]
†1. pa. pple. Annulled or abrogated in part; lessened in authority, force, estimation, etc. Obs.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xxvii, And leest through tongues to his hygh estate Through false reporte it were derogate. 1548Hall Chron. 117 The chief ruler beyng in presence, the authoritie of the substitute, was clerely derogate. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1684) III. 311 The once made oblation of Christ is hereby derogate, when this Sacramental..offering of thanksgiving is believed to be propitiatory.
2. adj. Deteriorated; debased.
1605Shakes. Lear i. iv. 302 And from her derogate body neuer spring A babe to honor her! 1849Fraser's Mag. XL. 533 They are (like all his poetry) made derogate by vile conceits.
▪ II. derogate, v.|ˈdɛrəgeɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. dērogāre to repeal in part, take away or detract from, diminish, disparage, f. de- I. 2 + rogāre to ask, question, propose a law. Cf. prec., and see -ate3 3–5.]
†1. trans. To repeal or abrogate in part (a law, sentence, etc.); to destroy or impair the force and effect of; to lessen the extent or authority of. Obs.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 3199 There may be no counseyll..To derogate or chaunge deuyne sentence. 1559Fabyan's Chron. vii. 717 The Englishe seruice and the communion boke was derogated and disanulled, and a generalle submission..made to the sea of Roome. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. (J.), By severall contrary customs..many of these civil and canon laws are controuled and derogated.
†2. To detract from; to lessen, abate, disparage, depreciate. Obs.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 217 He dothe..as moche as is in hym, to derogate and destroy the autoritie of holy scripture. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 19 b, There be some at this day, which doe playnly derogate the manhode of Christ. 1570Billingsley Euclid xi. Def. xii. 316 Which thing is not here spoken, any thing to derogate the author of the booke. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 260 To derogate the honour of the State.
†3. To curtail or deprive (a person) of any part of his rights. Obs.
1540–1Elyot Image Gov. 24 Marcus Aurelius, whom no man can derogate of anie parte of honour and wisedome. 1570Buchanan Admonitioun Wks. (1892) 30 Ye lordis wald not consent to put down y⊇ quene or derogat hir of hir authoritie in ony maner.
4. To take away (something from a thing) so as to lessen or impair it. arch.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. 105 Is that bicause their purpose is to derogate any thing from the law. 1577Holinshed Chron. II. 134 To derogat things meerely preiudiciall to the kings roiall prerogative. 1593R. Bancroft Daung. Posit. i. vi. 26 [He] made Actes to derogate the free passage of the Gospell. 1623Bingham Xenophon 141 Not to derogate credit from your owne word. 1755Young Centaur i. Wks. 1757 IV. 119 Nor can the diminishing imagery of our notions derogate less from Him. 1822Lamb Elia Ser. i. Mod. Gallantry, Just so much respect as a woman derogates from her own sex..she deserves to have diminished from herself.
5. absol. or intr. To take away a part from; to detract, to make an improper or injurious abatement from. Now chiefly from an excellency; also, from a right, privilege, or possession.
c1560Calvin's Com. Prayer Bk. in Phenix (1708) II. 206 Other Sacrifices for Sin are blasphemous and derogate from the Sufficiency hereof. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 59 It derogateth greatly from the glorie and maiestie of God, to saye, [etc.] 1640Wilkins New Planet i. (1707) 155 Fear of Derogating from the Authority of the Ancients. 1726–31Tindal Rapin's Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 124 This present Treaty shall in no way derogate from former Treaties. 1874Stubbs Const. Hist. (1875) II. xiv. 88 This award is not intended to derogate from the liberties of the realm.
b. from a person: i.e. in respect of his excellency, eminence, authority, rights, etc. Now arch.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. iii. xvi. (1612) 71 How captiously he derogates from me, and mine estate. a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 78 This is a wicked Doctrin derogating from Christ. 1711Addison Spect. No. 101 ⁋3 We can now allow Cæsar to be a great Man, without derogating from Pompey. 1870Rossetti Life of Shelley p. xiv, This vile stuff capable only of derogating from the typical Shelley.
†c. with to. Obs. rare.
a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. 218 This fell into a harsh construction, derogating much to the Archbishop's credit.
6. intr. To do something derogatory to one's rank or position; to fall away in character or conduct from; to degenerate.[Cf. F. déroger, déroger à noblesse, to do anything entailing loss of the privileges of nobility, e.g. to engage in a profession incompatible therewith.] 1611Shakes. Cymb. ii. i. 48 You cannot derogate, my Lord. 1706Estcourt Fair Examp. ii. i, The World grows extravagant and derogates..from the Parsimony of our Ancestors. a1830Hazlitt (O.), Would Charles X derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh iii. 439, I'm well aware I do not derogate In loving Romney Leigh. 1862Trollope Orley F. lvii. (ed. 4) 416 In these days, too, Snow père had derogated even from the position in which Graham had first known him. 1888Temple Bar Mag. Oct. 183 A nobleman derogates if he marries a lady who on her side has less than sixteen quarterings.
¶ Reproducing a barbarism of the Vulgate.
1609Bible (Douay) Ezek. xxxv. 13 You..have derogated [1611 multiplied] your wordes against me. [Vulg. derogastis adversum me verba vestra.]
Hence ˈderogated ppl. a., ˈderogating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
c1629Layton Syon's Plea (ed. 2) 17 Their derogating from the King, their injury to his Lawes. 1654Sir E. Nicholas in N. Papers (Camden) II. 55 The most mischievous scandals and derogating Defamations. 1674Prideaux Lett. (Camden) 11 Whatsoever harsh or derogateing expression be found in any part of his booke. |