Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEP'RE-CA-TO-RY, or DEP'RE-CA-TIVE
DEP'RE-CA-TO-RY, or DEP'RE-CA-TIVE, a.
- That serves to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; as, deprecatory letters. – Bacon.
- Having the form of prayer.
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