deprecable

deprecor to deprecate (La). That is or ought to be deprecated. "I look upon the temporal destruction of the greatest king as far le deprecable than the eternal damnation of the meanest subject."- Eikon Basilike . děp'-rě-cāte, v . t . & i. [Lat. deprecatus , pa. par. of deprecor =to pray against: de -away, from, and precor to pray.] A. Transitive : 1. To pray against; to pray deliverance from; to endeavor to avert by prayer. "Among the three evils he petitioned to be delivered from, he might have deprecated greater evils." - Baker : Reflections on Learning. 2. To argue or plead earnestly against; to expre strong disapproval of; to condemn. 3. To implore mercy of. "Much he advis'd them all, Uly es most To deprecate the chief, and save the host." Pope: Homer's Iliad , ix. 235, 236. *B. In trans.: To pray earnestly, to request, to ask pardon. ( Ash .) děp-rě-cat-ěd, pa . par . or a . [DEPRECATE.] děp-re-cat-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [DEPRECATE.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the C. As subst .: The act of praying against; a strong verb.) disapproval, a deprecation. deprecations. IMG:content-2192.png:[blocks in formation] *2. A prayer against evil. "Sternutation they generally conceived to be a good sign, or a bad one; and so, upon this motion, they com- for the other."-Browne: Vulgar Errors. monly used a gratulation for the one, and a deprecation *3. An earnest entreaty; an excuse, an excusing. *4. An imprecation. "We may with too much justice apply to him the scrip- tural deprecation ."-Gilpin. †děp-rě-ca-tive, a . [Fr. déprécat if ; Ital. & Sp. deprecativo; Lat. deprecativus, from deprecatus , pa. par. of deprecor .] Deprecating, deprecatory. "The form of absolution in the Greek Church is depre- cative: 'May God absolve you.'" - Staunton : Ecclesiastical Dictionary, p. 254. děp-rě-cat-ive-ly, adv . [Eng. deprecative; ly . ] In a deprecative or deprecatory manner; IMG:content-2193.png:[blocks in formation] in exchange is greater than usual, the value of that commodity is said to be depreciated." ( Bithell : Counting- house Dictionary .)