Both Uses of
deprecate
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- "Now, don't ye take on so, shepherd, and sit down!" said Henery, with a deprecating peacefulness equal to anything of the kind in Christianity.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- "How can I help pushing ye when the folk behind push me?" said Coggan, in a deprecating tone, turning his head towards the aforesaid folk as far as he could without turning his body, which was jammed as in a vice.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(deprecate) to diminish or treat something as unimportant or of low quality; or to express disapproval