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Webster 1913 Edition
Derogate
Der′o-gate
,Verb.
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.
By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and
derogated
. Sir M. Hale.
2.
To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; – said of a person or thing.
[R.]
Anything . . . that should
derogate
, minish, or hurt his glory and his name. Sir T. More.
Der′o-gate
,Verb.
I.
1.
To take away; to detract; to withdraw; – usually with from.
If we did
derogate
from them whom their industry hath made great. Hooker.
It
derogates
little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. Burke.
2.
To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.
[R.]
You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not
derogate
. Shakespeare
Would Charles X.
derogate
from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? Hazlitt.
Der′o-gate
,Noun.
[L.
derogatus
, p. p.] Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.
[R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Derogate
DEROGATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To repeal, annul or destroy the force and effect of some part of a law or established rule; to lessen the extent of a law; distinguished from abrogate.By several contrary customs, many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated.
2.
To lessen the worth of a person or thing; to disparage.DEROGATE
, v.i.1.
To take away; to detract; to lessen by taking away a part; as, say nothing to derogate from the merit or reputation of a brave man.2.
To act beneath ones rank, place or birth.