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单词 deprecate
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deprecatev.

/ˈdɛprɪkeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin dēprecāt-, participial stem of dēprecārī to pray (a thing) away, to ward off by praying, pray against, < de- prefix 1b + precārī to pray.
1. transitive. To pray against (evil); to pray for deliverance from; to seek to avert by prayer. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [verb (transitive)] > pray for deliverance from
deprecate1629
1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxvii. sig. F4v Wise men still deprecate these mens kindnesses.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes ii. §3. 135 The judgements which Salomon..earnestly deprecateth and prayeth against.
1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cxl I cannot deprecate thy rebuke; my sinnes call for correction; but I deprecate thine anger.
1778 R. Lowth Isaiah xlvii. 11 Evil shall come upon thee, which thou shalt not know how to deprecate.
1833 H. Martineau Three Ages ii. 47 While the rest of the nation were at church, deprecating God's judgements.
2. intransitive. To pray (against). Obsolete. rare.
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1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 37 When we are to deprecate..against dangers of waters; let us commemorate the saving of Noah in the flood.
3. transitive. To plead earnestly against; to express an earnest wish against (a proceeding); to express earnest disapproval of (a course, plan, purpose, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of
beclepec1320
deprecatea1643
the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)]
biremec1200
to cry against ——1382
to cry outc1385
reclaimc1449
reclaim1566
to exclaim at, on, upon1583
to exclaim against1594
to cry on ——1609
disentreat1611
tax1614
deprecatea1643
to make a noise about1668
protest1887
a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 133 Saint Paul undertaketh..that he shall return and deprecate his fault.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xix. 385 Other accounts..whose verities not onely, but whose relations honest minds doe deprecate . View more context for this quotation
1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered v. 73 Capellus..no where that I know affirms this, but rather deprecates is as a Calumny.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews (ed. 2) II. iv. vi. 214 I believe..he'd behave so, that no body should deprecate what I had done.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 389 I cannot help deprecating the conduct of the other two anatomists.
1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form xiii. 60 Such a method of proceeding is greatly to be deprecated.
1882 Times 5 Dec. 7 To deprecate panic is an excellent counsel in itself.
4.
a. To make prayer or supplication to, to beseech (a person). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > beseech or implore
beseechc1175
ofsechec1300
praya1350
praya1387
supply?c1400
treatc1450
entreatc1475
solicitate1563
bepray1598
exore1598
exorate1599
implorea1616
deprecate1624
beg1675
implead1682
fleech1718
impetrate1881
1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere Pref. 10 You haue libertie to deprecate his Gratious Maiestie to forget things past.
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. ix. 236 Much he advis'd them all, Ulysses most, To deprecate the Chief, and save the Host.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 24 June 89 To..deprecate the clouds lest sorrow should overwhelm us, is the cowardice of Idleness.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 75 But the most iniquitous woman, falling at his knees, deprecated him as follows: Why, O my sone I beseech you, do you give [etc.].
b. absol. To make supplication. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > beseech or implore
beseech?c1225
praya1250
plead1340
pursuec1390
implore?a1513
perplead1581
entreat1593
beg1598
oratec1600
contest1607
deprecate1626
imprecatea1645
obtest1650
prig1700
special-plead1814
plea1868
1626 J. Donne Serm. Whitehall 8 He falls vpon his face..and laments, and deprecates in their behalfe.
5. To call down by prayer, invoke (evil). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke > invoke evil
deprecate1746
1746 Fool (1748) I. 114 Deprecating on unhappy Criminals, under Sentence of Death, all the Mischief they can think of.
a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. 442 Upon the heads of these very mischievous men they deprecated no vengeance.

Derivatives

ˈdeprecated adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > disapproved
ill-affecteda1633
disapproved1659
deprecated1768
1768 C. Shaw Monody Memory Young Lady vii. 61 Why..strike this deprecated blow?
1839 Times 11 July in Spirit Metrop. Conservative Press (1840) I. 158 To persist in such a deprecated and odious innovation.
ˈdeprecating n.
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1851 R. Whately Lectures Good & Evil Angels vii. 199 The deprecating of inquiry as ‘hazardous’, and the exhorting of Christians to hold their faith on just such grounds as the Pagans have for theirs.

Draft additions 1993

b. More generally, to express disapproval of (a person, quality, etc.); to disparage or belittle. (Sometimes confused with depreciate.) Cf. self-deprecation n.Widely regarded as incorrect, though found in the work of established writers.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)]
misdeema1400
disprove1477
improve1526
disapprove?1562
dislikea1575
befie1589
misthinka1616
bar1620
to look upon with a bad eye1629
improbate1656
object1775
deplore1851
to take a poor view (of something)1863
deprecate1897
1897 Daily News 8 Jan. 6/3 It looks rather an attempt to deprecate distinguished commanders of the Commonwealth to please Restoration Royalists.
1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. viii. 70 He was disposed to slur that comfort over, to deprecate it.
1960 C. S. Lewis Stud. in Words i. 18 We tell our pupils that deprecate does not mean depreciate or that immorality does not mean simply lechery because these words are beginning to mean just those things.
1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xv. 80 Trying to shrink into himself, as if to deprecate..his authority and to become as other men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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