Deprecate

dep′re-kāt, v.t. to try to ward off by prayer: to desire earnestly the prevention or removal of: to regret deeply: to argue against.— adj. Dep′recable , that is to be deprecated.— n. Deprecā′tion , act of deprecating, earnest prayer, esp. a special petition against some evil, in litanies.— adv. Dep′rec a tingly .— adjs. Dep′recative , Dep′recatory , tending to avert evil by prayer: having the form of prayer.— n. Dep′recator . [L. deprecāri , deprecātus — de , away, and precāri , to pray.]