## Meanings
1. To declare something outdated and advise against using it, even though it still works (often of software features).
2. To express strong disapproval of something.
3. To belittle or make something seem unimportant.

## Examples
- The old tag has been deprecated in favour of a newer one.
- Critics deprecated the government's decision to cut funding for schools.
- He tends to deprecate his own achievements and credit everyone else.

## Derived Forms
- deprecatory
- self-deprecate

## Related Forms
- deprecation
- discontinue

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *preḱ-

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).

## AI Etymology
Deprecate is borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *preḱ- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include to declare something outdated and advise against using it, even though it still works (often of software features) and to express strong disapproval of something. The wider family includes derived forms such as deprecatory and self-deprecate; related words such as deprecation and discontinue.

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