Found 3 items, similar to derogate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: derogate
berkurang, melorot, mundur
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: derogate
derogate
v : belittle;
“Don't belittle his influence” [syn:
minimize,
belittle,
denigrate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Derogate
Derogate
\Der"o*gate\, n. [L. derogatus, p. p.]
Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [R.] --Shak.
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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.
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By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil
and canon laws are controlled and derogated. --Sir
M. Hale.
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2. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate;
-- said of a person or thing. [R.]
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Anything . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt
his glory and his name. --Sir T. More.
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Derogate
\Der"o*gate\, v. i.
1. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with
from.
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If we did derogate from them whom their industry
hath made great. --Hooker.
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It derogates little from his fortitude, while it
adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
--Burke.
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2. To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to
degenerate. [R.]
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You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being
foolish, do not derogate. --Shak.
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Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would
he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?
--Hazlitt.
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