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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deprecated p. pr. & vb. n. Deprecating ] [ L. deprecatus, p. p. of deprecari to avert by prayer, to deprecate; de- + precari to pray. See Pray. ] To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to desire the removal of. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To protest against; to advance reasons against. [ PJC ]

His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To disapprove of strongly; to express a low opinion of. [ PJC ]

adv. In a deprecating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deprecatio; cf. F. déprécation. ] 1. The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Humble deprecation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Entreaty for pardon; petitioning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An imprecation or curse. [ Obs. ] Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A strong expression of disapprobation; an expression of a low opinion. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. deprecativus: cf. F. déprécatif. ] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- belittling, derogatory, pejorative, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, denigratory, uncomplimentary. [ PJC ]

-- Dep"re*ca*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] One who deprecates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deprecatorius. ] 1. Tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humble and deprecatory letters. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serving to deprecate; expressing a low opinion of.
Syn. -- belittling, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory. [ PJC ]

v. i. To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depreciated p. pr. & vb. n. Depreciating ] [ L. depretiatus, depreciatus, p. p. of depretiare, -ciare, to depreciate; de- + pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price. ] To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself. Burke.

Syn. -- To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See Decry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dépréciation. ] 1. The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The falling of value; reduction of worth. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. the state of being depreciated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing. -- De*pre"ci*a`tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] One who depreciates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.
Syn. -- belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to depredation. [ Obs. ] “Made less depredable.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depredated p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating ] [ L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey. ] To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depraedatio: cf. F. déprédation. ] The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depraedator. ] One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. de- (intensive) + predicate. ] To proclaim; to celebrate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Deprehending. ] [ L. deprehendere, deprehensum; de- + prehendere to lay hold of, seize. See Prehensile. ] 1. To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deprehended adulteress.Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To detect; to discover; to find out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The motion . . . are to be deprehended by experience. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be caught or discovered; apprehensible. [ Obs. ] Petty.

-- Dep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. deprehensio. ] A catching; discovery. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depressed p. pr. & vb. n. Depressing. ] [ L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de- + premere to press. See Press. ] 1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. “With lips depressed.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.

Syn. -- To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. depressus, p. p. ] Having the middle lower than the border; concave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If the seal be depress or hollow. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. (b) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a depressing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depressio: cf. F. dépression. ] 1. The act of depressing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Dejection; despondency; lowness. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a great depression of spirit. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. --
Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degrees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere. --
Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. --
Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip.

Syn. -- Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Able or tending to depress or cast down. -- De*press"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. (Med.) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. -- n. Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. [ 1913 Webster ]

Depressor nerve (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indeprecabilis. See In- not, and Deprecate. ] Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indeprehensibilis. See In- not, and Deprehensible. ] Incapable of being found out. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.), A person suffering from manic-depressive psychosis. [ PJC ]