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Webster 1913 Edition

deprecatory

dep′re-ca-to-ry

(dĕp′rē̍-kȧ-tō̍-ry̆)

,

Adj.

[L.

deprecatorius

.]

1.

Tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.

Humble and

deprecatory

letters.

Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deprecatory

DEPRECATORY

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