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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deprecate \Dep"re*cate\ (d[e^]p"r[-e]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deprecated} (-k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr & vb n. {Deprecating} (-k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. deprecatus p. p. of deprecari to avert by player, to deprecate; de- + precari to pray. See {Pray}.] To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of to seek deliverance from to express deep regret for to disapprove of strongly. His purpose was deprecated by all round him and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it --Sir W. Scott. From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: deprecated adj Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent and in the process of being phased out usually in favor of a specified replacement. Deprecated features can, unfortunately, linger on for many years. This term appears with distressing frequency in standards documents when the committees writing the documents realize that large amounts of extant (and presumably happily working) code depend on the feature(s) that have passed out of favor. See also {dusty deck}. [Usage note: don't confuse this word with `depreciate', or the verb form `deprecate' with `depreciated`. They are different words see any dictionary for discussion.] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: deprecated Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent and in the process of being phased out usually in favour of a specified replacement. Deprecated features can, unfortunately, linger on for many years. This term appears with distressing frequency in standards documents when the committees writing the documents realise that large amounts of extant (and presumably happily working) code depend on the feature(s) that have passed out of favour. See also {dusty deck}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-19)
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