About The Word Derogate
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Derogate
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Derogate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Derogate?
[v] belittle; "Don't belittle his influence"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Derogate: belittle | denigrate | minimize Related Terms | Find terms related to Derogate: See Also | disparage | pick at | talk down Derogate In Webster's Dictionary \Der"o*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derogated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Derogating}.] [L. derogatus, p. p. of derogare to
derogate; de- + rogare to ask, to ask the people about a law.
See {Rogation}.]
1. To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit
the action of; -- said of a law.
By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil
and canon laws are controlled and derogated. --Sir
M. Hale.
2. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate;
-- said of a person or thing. [R.]
Anything . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt
his glory and his name. --Sir T. More.
\Der"o*gate\, v. i. 1. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from. If we did derogate from them whom their industry hath made great. --Hooker. It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. --Burke. 2. To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate. [R.] You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not derogate. --Shak. Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? --Hazlitt. \Der"o*gate\, n. [L. derogatus, p. p.] Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [R.] --Shak. |
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