Definition of Deprecatory. Meaning of Deprecatory. Synonyms of Deprecatory

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Definition of Deprecatory

Deprecatory
Deprecatory Dep"re*ca*to*ry, a. [L. deprecatorius.] Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory letters. --Bacon.

Meaning of Deprecatory from wikipedia

- threatened to take action against them if they released any 50 Cent tracks deprecatory of Murder Inc. The conflict escalated when Ja Rule released "Loose Change"...
- The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating is an 1883 book by Howard Williams, on the history of vegetarianism...
- be literally translated as "ghost man" and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use, though its modern usage is often in a general and...
- respectively. Plutarch writes that Cicero was urged to change this deprecatory name when he entered politics, but refused, saying that he would make...
- incompetent. However, it was used most prominently in the Qing dynasty as a deprecatory first-person pronoun by Manchu or Bannermen officials at court when addressing...
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- sentimentalized portrayals of American life. This has led to the often deprecatory adjective "Rockwellesque". Consequently, Rockwell is not considered a...
- refers to the country. In Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador gabacho is a deprecatory reference for someone from the U.S. In Mexico, el gabacho also identifies...
- military, political, and writing achievements. Despite the generally deprecatory tenor of his "biographical inquiry", Aldington himself was not without...