单词 | deprecate |
释义 | deprecatev. 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. ΚΠ 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. 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.]. 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < v.1624 |
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