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Definition of Decrying
1. decry [v] - See also: decry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrying
Literary usage of Decrying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British by Canada Parliament (1865)
"... course of first decrying the credit of the Lower Provinces, and then decrying
that of Canada itself, endeavoring to show first that we were making а ..."
2. Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury by James Harris Malmesbury (1844)
"... a freedom of thought, are more disgusted than ever with the French alliance,
and in their conversation put no bounds to their manner of decrying it. ..."
3. The Unitarian Miscellany and Christian Monitor by Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood (1823)
"CHRISTIAN MONITOR. No. XXVIII.] APRIL, 1823. [Vol. IV. The Evils of decrying
Human Nature. ... decrying ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Thomas Paine: With Observations on His Writings by W. T. Sherwin (1819)
"... in the support of public abuses: but despicable as they were, they served in
some measure the purpose of the moment in decrying the character of a work, ..."
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