Derogate | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Děr'o-gāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEROGATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEROGATING.] [Lat. derogare, derogatum, from de and rogare, to ask, to ask the people about a law; Fr. déroger; Pr., Sp., & Pg. derogar, It. derogare, dirògare.]

Sense 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. Hale.

Sense 2. To lessen the worth of; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate;—said of a person or thing.

Any thing . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name. Sir T. More.

Děr'o-gāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To take away; to detract;—used with from. “Derogate from them whom their industry hath made great.” Hooker.

Sense 2. To act beneath one's rank, place, birth, or character. [Rare.]

You are a fool granted; therefore, your issues being foolish, do not derogate. Shak.

Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? Haslet.

Dĕr'o-gate, a.

adjective

a. Diminished in value; degraded; damaged. [Rare.] Hall.