Today's Word "deprecate"
To belittle or depreciate
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deprecate \DEP-rih-kayt\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To disapprove of strongly. 2 : To belittle; to depreciate. 3 : [Archaic] To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer.
"While Jason was quick to deprecate his appearance, virtually every woman in the office found his rugged good looks, crooked smile, and affectedly casual style absolutely irresistable."
Deprecate comes from the past participle of Latin deprecari, "to avert by prayer, to deprecate," from de-, "from" + precari, "to pray."
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