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Definition of Deprecates
1. deprecate [v] - See also: deprecate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deprecates
Literary usage of Deprecates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"He deprecates the war talk. — The son differs with his father. — The Prince Regent.
— Orders in Council. — Estimate of West. — Alarming state of affairs in ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"Notwithstanding General Stirling deprecates severity to the infernal Tories we
catch, they get absolution often.1 Governor Trumbull recommended to the ..."
3. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1900)
"... to King—Deprecates Association of Maine and Missouri—Gore to King—Boston Men
on Slavery in Missouri—Gore to King— Massachusetts cowers to Virginia. ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1842)
"... and by Lord Jo/zn Russell in the House of Commons—The latter vindicates the
course pursued by the Government—He deprecates personal Animosity between ..."
5. History of North Carolina by Samuel A'Court Ashe (1908)
"Deprecates independence.—The reply.—Desire for independence disclaimed.—The act
not observed.—Non-importation. —The people united.—Conditions in England. ..."
6. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"While believing that a single application oi this test does not materially injure
the cable if good, Mr. Paget deprecates any attempt to make the test more ..."
7. Philosophy and Theology: Being the First Edinburgh University Gifford Lectures by James Hutchison Stirling (1890)
"... matter— The world — Contingency — A perspective of pictures — The Vestiges
and evolution — Darwin deprecates genealogies, but returns to them—The ..."
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