Hypertext Webster Gateway: "derogate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Derogate \Der"o*gate\, v. i.
1. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with
from.

If we did derogate from them whom their industry
hath made great. --Hooker.

It derogates little from his fortitude, while it
adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
--Burke.

2. To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to
degenerate. [R.]

You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being
foolish, do not derogate. --Shak.

Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would
he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?
--Hazlitt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Derogate \Der"o*gate\, n. [L. derogatus, p. p.]
Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [R.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Derogate \Der"o*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derogated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Derogating}.] [L. derogatus, p. p. of derogare to
derogate; de- + rogare to ask, to ask the people about a law.
See {Rogation}.]
1. To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit
the action of; -- said of a law.

By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil
and canon laws are controlled and derogated. --Sir
M. Hale.

2. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate;
-- said of a person or thing. [R.]

Anything . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt
his glory and his name. --Sir T. More.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

derogate
v : belittle; "Don't belittle his influence" [syn: {minimize}, {belittle},
{denigrate}]

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