deprecate
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Deprecate used to mean “ward off by prayer,” meticulous once meant “timid,” and silly went from “blessed” to “pious” to “innocent” to “pitiable” to “feeble” to today’s “foolish.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Deprecate personal objection to expulsion, but suggest that such a course might, by preventing your getting employment in the Church, Army, or Bar, lead to your being on your parents' hands for life.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
Deprecate their wrath! avoid their poisoned shafts, or they will infect tiny peace: will blast thy honour.
From The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 by Holcroft, Thomas
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.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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