All 4 Uses of
deprecate
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'Hem!' said Squeers, as if in mild deprecation of this outbreak.†
Chpt 9 *
- I tell you,' returned Mr Folair, waving his hand in deprecation of any further wrath; 'I wasn't in earnest.†
Chpt 29
- Ralph shrugged his shoulders in deprecation of the intense irritation with which this had been said; for there was an aggravating, cold distinctness in his speech and manner which so grated on the sick man that he could scarcely endure it.†
Chpt 38
- Ralph shrugged his shoulders, in silent deprecation of Bray's impatience, and elevated his eyebrows, and pursed his lips, as men do when they are prepared with a sufficient answer to some remark, but wait for a more favourable opportunity of advancing it, or think it scarcely worth while to answer their adversary at all.†
Chpt 54
Definition:
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(deprecate) to diminish or treat something as unimportant or of low quality; or to express disapproval