deprecate

English

Etymology

From Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from de (“off”) + precari (“to pray”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/, IPA: /ˈdɛpɹəkeɪt/

Verb

deprecate (third-person singular simple present deprecates, present participle deprecating, simple past and past participle deprecated)

1. To belittle or express disapproval of.
2. (computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
3. (archaic) To pray against.

Derived terms

• self-deprecating

Related terms

• deprecation

Translations

express disapproval of

• Bulgarian: не одобрявам (bg) (ne odobrjavam)
• Czech: neschvalovat (cs), zavrhovat (cs)
• Dutch: afkeuren (nl)
• Finnish: tuomita (fi), paheksua (fi), väheksyä (fi), vähätellä (fi)

• French: désapprouver (fr) de
• German: mißbilligen (de)
• Ido: desaprobar (io)
• Italian: deprecare (it)
• Japanese: 非難する (ja) (hinan-suru)
• Portuguese: depreciar (pt)

to discontinue

• Finnish: merkitä vanhentuneeksi
• Japanese: 終了する (shūryō-suru)

• Norwegian: utdatere (no)

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with depreciate.

External links

• deprecate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• deprecate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• deprecate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb form

deprecate

1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of deprecare

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Latin

Verb

dēprecāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēprecō