| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To belittle, undervalue, depreciate, disparage or debase.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb derogate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (derogate) | 1. Cause to seem less serious; play down.[Wordnet]. 2. Belittle; "Don't belittle his influence".[Wordnet]. 3. To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.[Websters]. 4. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.[Websters]. 5. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.[Websters]. 6. To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: derogating, derogated, derogates, derogator, derogators, derogatingly and derogatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DEROGATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1745. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEROGATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Annulling a part. Lessening by taking from.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of derogate. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
