The Only Use of
deprecate
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues and to deprecate the vices of mankind.†
p. 130.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(deprecate) to diminish or treat something as unimportant or of low quality; or to express disapproval
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The form, deprecating, is sometimes used as a short form of self-deprecating -- meaning to belittle oneself or one's own ideas.