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Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“away from, down from”) + precor (“request, beg, call upon”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēprecor (present infinitive dēprecārī, perfect active dēprecātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to avert or ward off by (earnest) prayer; deprecate
- to pray for, intercede on behalf of
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References
- “deprecor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deprecor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deprecor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to beg for life: mortem deprecari (B. G. 7. 40. 6)