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deprecating
Variant of deprecate
transitive verb deprecated, deprecating
- to feel and express disapproval of; plead against
- to depreciate; belittle
- Archaic to try to avert by prayer
Related Forms:
- deprecatingly adverb
- deprecation noun
- deprecator noun
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