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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deprecative \Dep"re*ca*tive\, a. [L. deprecativus: cf F. d['e]pr['e]catif.] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. -- {Dep"re*ca*tive*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deprecative adj : tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" [syn: {belittling}, {deprecating}, {deprecatory}, {depreciative}, {depreciatory}, {slighting}]
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