Part 2984

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.</def>

<blockquote>By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and <b>derogated</b>. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Anything . . . that should <b>derogate</b>, minish, or hurt his glory and his name. <i>Sir T. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Derogate</h1> <Xpage=396>

<hw>Der"o*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with <i>from</i>.</def>

<blockquote>If we did <b>derogate</b> from them whom their industry hath made great. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It <b>derogates</b> little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not <b>derogate</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Would Charles X. <b>derogate</b> from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? <i>Hazlitt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Derogate</h1> <Xpage=396>

<hw>Der"o*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derogatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Derogately</h1> <Xpage=396>

<hw>Der"o*gate*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a derogatory manner.</def>

<h1>Derogation</h1> <Xpage=396>

<hw>Der`o*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derogatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82rogation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by <i>of</i>, <i>from</i>, or <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I hope it is no <b>derogation</b> to the Christian religion. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He counted it no <b>derogation</b> of his manhood to be seen to weep. <i>F. W. Robertson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Stock Exch.)</fld> <def>An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.</def>

<h1>Derogative</h1> <Xpage=396>

<hw>De*rog"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Derogatory.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*rog"a*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Derogator</h1> <Xpage=396>

<hw>Der"o*ga`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A detractor.</def>