deprecativeadj.
/ˈdɛprɪkeɪtɪv/ Having the quality of deprecating; of or pertaining to deprecation.† a. Intercessory, precative (obsolete).
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [adjective] > interceding
intercessory1576
mediatory1578
interceding1600
deprecativea1617
mediating1662
intercessionary1861
a1617 P. Baynes Diocesans Tryall (1621) 58 They imposed hands even on Deaconesses, where it could not be otherwise considered then a deprecative gesture.
1679 T. Comber Occas. Offices 318 The form it self is very ancient, consisting..of two parts, the first Deprecative, the second Indicative; the one intreating for Pardon, the other dispensing it... In the Deprecatory part we commemorate the Author of this power.
b. Praying for deliverance from evil.
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society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [adjective] > for deliverance
deprecative1490
deprecatory1592
depulsory1609
1490 W. Caxton tr. 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.
c. Expressing earnest disapproval (of a proposal).
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the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective] > remonstrating
expostulatory1592
expostulating1637
remonstrating1660
deprecatory1704
remonstrant1773
remonstratory1823
expostulative1837
Protestant1844
deprecating1871
expostulant1880
deprecative1884
1884 Cent. Mag. 28 588 It better pleased his deprecative soul to put them in an empty cigar-box.
Derivatives
ˈdeprecatively adv. in a deprecative manner; in the way of entreaty for deliverance.
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the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adverb]
protestingly1758
remonstratingly1829
deprecatingly1836
remonstrantly1872
deprecatorily1873
deprecatively1879
expostulatingly1883
expostulatively1888
1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) viii. 270 The form of absolution is expressed in the third person deprecatively.
1879 P. R. Drummond Perthshire in Bygone Days i. xiv. 80 Looking up to him deprecatively, he said [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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