| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| derogate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | der·o·gate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d r  -g t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: der·o·gat·ed, der·o·gat·ing, der·o·gates
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To take away; detract: an error that will derogate from your reputation. 2. To deviate from a standard or expectation; go astray. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To disparage; belittle. See synonyms at decry. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English derogaten, from Latin d rogre, drogt- : d-, de- + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | dero·gation —NOUN
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