deprecate
verb (used with object)
to express earnest disapproval of.
had deprecated
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past perfectof deprecate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The impassioned and vehement anxiety with which, in former days, she had deprecated the vengeance of her lover against Wiatte, rung in my ears.
From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Charles Brockden Brown
At first I had deprecated the proposal, fearing lest Boyce might not find it acceptable.
From The Red Planet by William John Locke
Throughout his criticism Addison had deprecated mere fault-finding and had urged the positive approach of emphasis on beauties.
From Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Written by Mr. William Shakespeare (1736) by Anonymous
His teacher had deprecated violence; it was his rule never to strike, nor ever to rule by such fear as cast out love.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps
But well that Mardonius had deprecated the wrath of the monarch.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
