Associations to the word «Deprecate»
Adverb
Wiktionary
DEPRECATE, verb. To belittle or express disapproval of.
DEPRECATE, verb. To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
DEPRECATE, verb. (archaic) To pray against.
Dictionary definition
DEPRECATE, verb. Express strong disapproval of; deplore.
DEPRECATE, verb. Belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.