deprecate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To declare something outdated and advise against using it, even though it still works (often of software features).

   The old tag has been deprecated in favour of a newer one.

2. 2
   verb

   To express strong disapproval of something.

   Critics deprecated the government's decision to cut funding for schools.

3. 3
   verb

   To belittle or make something seem unimportant.

   He tends to deprecate his own achievements and credit everyone else.

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”).

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