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Definition of deprecate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

deprecate

verb
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪt/
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they deprecate
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪt/
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪt/
he / she / it deprecates
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪts/
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪts/
past simple deprecated
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪtɪd/
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪtɪd/
past participle deprecated
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪtɪd/
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪtɪd/
-ing form deprecating
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈdeprəkeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. deprecate something (formal) to feel and express strong disapproval of something
  2. be deprecated
     (computing) (of a software feature) to be considered outdated and best avoided, even though you can still use it, usually because it has been replaced with a newer feature
    • A number of features have been deprecated in the latest version of the software.
    Topics Computersc2
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘pray against’): from Latin deprecat- ‘prayed against (as being evil)’, from the verb deprecari, from de- (expressing reversal) + precari ‘pray’.
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