P Kishor wrote:
In which case, "deprecated" is definitely too strong, but
"depreciated" might well be apt.
;-)
Good catch. I missed that all together.
Lee may have been using the word in the sense that the American Heritage
Dictionary says is now common enough to list the milder term as a
meaning of the stronger term.
*/Usage Note: /* The first and fully accepted meaning of /deprecate/ is
"to express disapproval of." But the word has steadily encroached on the
meaning of /depreciate./ It is now used, almost to the exclusion of
/depreciate,/ in the sense "to belittle or mildly disparage," as in /He
deprecated his own contribution./ In an earlier survey, this newer sense
was approved by a majority of the Usage Panel.
Dennis Cote
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