"deprecate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/ [UK], /ˈdɛpɹəkeɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deprecate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deprecates [present, singular, third-person], deprecating [participle, present], deprecated [participle, past], deprecated [past]
Etymology: From Latin dēprecātus, past participle of dēprecārī (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor|precārī (“to pray”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*preḱ-}}, {{bor|en|la|dēprecātus}} Latin dēprecātus, {{m|la|deprecor|dēprecārī|to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate}} dēprecārī (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), {{prefix|la|dē|precārī|nocat=1|t1=off|t2=to pray}} dē- (“off”) + precor|precārī (“to pray”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} deprecate (third-person singular simple present deprecates, present participle deprecating, simple past and past participle deprecated)
  1. (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against. Tags: transitive Translations (express disapproval of): не одобря́вам (ne odobrjávam) (Bulgarian), neschvalovat (Czech), zavrhovat (Czech), afkeuren (Dutch), tuomita (Finnish), paheksua (Finnish), väheksyä (Finnish), vähätellä (Finnish), désapprouver de (French), deprezar (Galician), reprobar (Galician), desvaler (Galician), ablehnen (German), missbilligen (German), nicht gutheißen (German), helytelenít (Hungarian), elítél (Hungarian), rosszall (Hungarian), desaprobar (Ido), deprecare (Italian), 非難する (hinan suru) (Japanese), depreciar (Portuguese), возража́ть (vozražátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), возрази́ть (vozrazítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), протестова́ть (protestovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), выступа́ть про́тив (vystupátʹ prótiv) [imperfective] (Russian), ре́зко осужда́ть (rézko osuždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), не одобря́ть (ne odobrjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), avråda (Swedish), avstyrka (Swedish), avsvära (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deprecate-en-verb-3HYneEMM Disambiguation of 'express disapproval of': 90 0 7 0 3
  2. (transitive) To belittle, depreciate Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-deprecate-en-verb-FwkTDUdy
  3. (transitive, chiefly computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to declare obsolescent): als verouderd verklaren (Dutch), merkitä vanhentuneeksi (Finnish), poistaa käytöstä (Finnish), refugar (Galician), desbotar (Galician), aviltar (Galician), apouvigar (Galician), estoxar (Galician), als überholt einstufen (German), als veraltet einstufen (German), elavultnak minősít (Hungarian), 終了する (shūryō suru) (Japanese), utdatere (Norwegian), dezaktualizować [imperfective] (Polish), zdezaktualizować [perfective] (Polish), unieważniać [imperfective] (Polish), unieważnić [perfective] (Polish), descontinuar (Portuguese), приостана́вливать (priostanávlivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приостанови́ть (priostanovítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), прекраща́ть (prekraščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прекрати́ть (prekratítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), descontinuar (Spanish), avråda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deprecate-en-verb-exQRlGwe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 48 4 16 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to declare obsolescent': 6 2 83 3 5
  4. (archaic, transitive) To pray against. Tags: archaic, transitive Translations (to pray against): abafallar (Galician), desgabar (Galician), aviltar (Galician), deslouvar (Galician), alrotar (Galician), bafar (Galician), aldraxar (Galician), beten dagegen (German), avsäga (Swedish), avsvära (Swedish), ta avstånd från (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deprecate-en-verb-4ijBzlFB Disambiguation of 'to pray against': 12 1 10 76 1
  5. (archaic, transitive) To regret deeply. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-deprecate-en-verb-7WOsuzT5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-deprecate Related terms: deprecation, discontinue

Inflected forms

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          "text": "They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace.",
          "type": "example"
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        "(transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against."
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          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "afkeuren"
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "tuomita"
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "paheksua"
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
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          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "vähätellä"
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
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          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "désapprouver de"
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "deprezar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "reprobar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "desvaler"
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "ablehnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "missbilligen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "nicht gutheißen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "helytelenít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "elítél"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "rosszall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "desaprobar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "deprecare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hinan suru",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "非難する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "depreciar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozražátʹ",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "возража́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozrazítʹ",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "возрази́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "protestovátʹ",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "протестова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vystupátʹ prótiv",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выступа́ть про́тив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rézko osuždátʹ",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ре́зко осужда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne odobrjátʹ",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "не одобря́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "avråda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "avstyrka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 0 7 0 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "express disapproval of",
          "word": "avsvära"
        }
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He deprecates any praise of his own merits.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 295",
          "text": "Prior to the 1980s, Australian English had been widely deprecated by Australians themselves, principally as a result of a sense of inferiority known as \"cultural cringe\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To belittle, depreciate"
      ],
      "id": "en-deprecate-en-verb-FwkTDUdy",
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          "depreciate"
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        "(transitive) To belittle, depreciate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 3 48 4 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The 'bold' tag has been deprecated in favour of the 'strong' tag.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "It is still supported but strongly deprecated.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Dave Evans et al., Perl, CGI, and JavaScript Complete, Sybex",
          "text": "A deprecated function works in the currently released version of Perl 5 but may not be supported in future releases of Perl 5.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced."
      ],
      "id": "en-deprecate-en-verb-exQRlGwe",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "obsolescent",
          "obsolescent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, chiefly computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "als verouderd verklaren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "merkitä vanhentuneeksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "poistaa käytöstä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "refugar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "desbotar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "aviltar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "apouvigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "estoxar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "als überholt einstufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "als veraltet einstufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "elavultnak minősít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shūryō suru",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "終了する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "utdatere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dezaktualizować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zdezaktualizować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "unieważniać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "unieważnić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "descontinuar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priostanávlivatʹ",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "приостана́вливать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priostanovítʹ",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "приостанови́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prekraščátʹ",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прекраща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prekratítʹ",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прекрати́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "descontinuar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 83 3 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
          "word": "avråda"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, London: W. Rogers, S. Smith, and B. Walford, page 126",
          "text": "And in deprecating of Evil, we make an humble Acknowledgement of Guilt; and of God’s Juſtice in chaſtizing, as well as Clemency, in ſparing the Guilty.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1712, George Smalridge, A Sermon, Preach’d at the Royal Chapel at St. James’s on Wedneſday, January the 16th, 1711/12, London: Jonah Bowyer, page 18",
          "text": "[…], though the Temporal Judgments which We Deprecate, are not remov’d.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pray against."
      ],
      "id": "en-deprecate-en-verb-4ijBzlFB",
      "links": [
        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To pray against."
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          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "abafallar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "desgabar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "aviltar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "deslouvar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "alrotar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "bafar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "aldraxar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "beten dagegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "avsäga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "avsvära"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 10 76 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to pray against",
          "word": "ta avstånd från"
        }
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        "To regret deeply."
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        "(archaic, transitive) To regret deeply."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/",
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        "UK"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛpɹəkeɪt/",
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preḱ-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
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    {
      "word": "self-deprecate"
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      "name": "bor"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "deprecating",
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        "present"
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      "form": "deprecated",
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      "form": "deprecated",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "deprecation"
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      "word": "discontinue"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace.",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "To express disapproval of, protest or plead against."
      ],
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          "express"
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          "disapproval",
          "disapproval"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He deprecates any praise of his own merits.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 295",
          "text": "Prior to the 1980s, Australian English had been widely deprecated by Australians themselves, principally as a result of a sense of inferiority known as \"cultural cringe\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To belittle, depreciate"
      ],
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          "belittle"
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          "depreciate",
          "depreciate"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To belittle, depreciate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The 'bold' tag has been deprecated in favour of the 'strong' tag.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "It is still supported but strongly deprecated.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Dave Evans et al., Perl, CGI, and JavaScript Complete, Sybex",
          "text": "A deprecated function works in the currently released version of Perl 5 but may not be supported in future releases of Perl 5.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced."
      ],
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          "computing#Noun"
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          "obsolescent"
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        "(transitive, chiefly computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, London: W. Rogers, S. Smith, and B. Walford, page 126",
          "text": "And in deprecating of Evil, we make an humble Acknowledgement of Guilt; and of God’s Juſtice in chaſtizing, as well as Clemency, in ſparing the Guilty.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1712, George Smalridge, A Sermon, Preach’d at the Royal Chapel at St. James’s on Wedneſday, January the 16th, 1711/12, London: Jonah Bowyer, page 18",
          "text": "[…], though the Temporal Judgments which We Deprecate, are not remov’d.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To pray against."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To pray against."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        "To regret deeply."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, transitive) To regret deeply."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/",
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        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛpɹəkeɪt/",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ne odobrjávam",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "не одобря́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "neschvalovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "zavrhovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "afkeuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "tuomita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "paheksua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "väheksyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "vähätellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "désapprouver de"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "deprezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "reprobar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "desvaler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "ablehnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "missbilligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "nicht gutheißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "helytelenít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "elítél"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "rosszall"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "desaprobar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "deprecare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hinan suru",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "非難する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "depreciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozražátʹ",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возража́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozrazítʹ",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "возрази́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protestovátʹ",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "протестова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vystupátʹ prótiv",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выступа́ть про́тив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rézko osuždátʹ",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ре́зко осужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne odobrjátʹ",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "не одобря́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "avråda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "avstyrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "express disapproval of",
      "word": "avsvära"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "als verouderd verklaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "merkitä vanhentuneeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "poistaa käytöstä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "refugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "desbotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "aviltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "apouvigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "estoxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "als überholt einstufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "als veraltet einstufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "elavultnak minősít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūryō suru",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "終了する"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "utdatere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dezaktualizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdezaktualizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "unieważniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "unieważnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "descontinuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priostanávlivatʹ",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "приостана́вливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priostanovítʹ",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приостанови́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prekraščátʹ",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прекраща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prekratítʹ",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прекрати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "descontinuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to declare obsolescent",
      "word": "avråda"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "abafallar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "desgabar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "aviltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "deslouvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "alrotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "bafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "aldraxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "beten dagegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "avsäga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "avsvära"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to pray against",
      "word": "ta avstånd från"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deprecate"
}

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