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derogate vt.
vi. 貶損,毀損 貶損,毀損 derogate v 1: cause to seem less serious; play down; " Don' t belittle his influence" [ synonym: { minimize}, { belittle}, { denigrate}, { derogate}] Derogate \ Der" o* gate\, v. i. 1. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from. [ 1913 Webster] If we did derogate from them whom their industry hath made great. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To act beneath one- s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not derogate. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? -- Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated. -- Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Anything . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name. -- Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster]
Derogate \ Der" o* gate\, n. [ L. derogatus, p. p.] Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [ R.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
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