Definitions | derogate |
| adjective
- (archaic) debased
- 1605, Dry up in her the organs of increase, / And from her body never spring / A babe to honour her. " William Shakespeare, King Lear I.iv
Etymology: From the Latin derogare "to annul", de- "from" + rogare "to ask"
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