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Definition of Derogating
1. derogate [v] - See also: derogate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derogating
Literary usage of Derogating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"... or as in any manner derogating from the sovereign authority of the Federal
government.8 SEC. 224. Power may be Delegated. — It is now well settled that ..."
2. Memoirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caulfield, Earl of by Francis Hardy (1812)
"... or benefit the public may have received from it, is, without derogating from
the merit of others, in a good measure to be attributed to him. ..."
3. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1851)
"We think, that without derogating at all from their own merits, the Commissioners
might allow some beneficial influence to the opinions of medical ..."
4. Memoirs of the political and private life of James Caulfield, earl of Charlemont by Francis Hardy (1812)
"... or benefit the public may have received from it, is, without derogating from
the merit of others, in a good measure to be attributed to him. ..."
5. Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year MDCCCVI.: At by John Browne (1809)
"... as derogating from the divine perfections ; we act merely in obedience to the
directions of our Almighty Creator; and w^e have an additional motive to ..."
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