Meanings
adjectivedeplorate (comparative more deplorate, superlative most deplorate)
comparative more deplorate · superlative most deplorate
- obsoletedeplorable
[…] but seeing 'tis now evident and certain that my safety without her destruction, is in a more deplorate estate, I am most grievously affected […]
1670, Richard Baker, Chronicle of the Kings of England: With Additions, page 392
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Origin
- Latindēplōrātus
- Englishdeplorate
First attested in 1544; borrowed from Latin dēplōrātus, perfect passive participle of dēplōrō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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APA
deplorate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplorate
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“deplorate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplorate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deplorate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deplorate.
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