† deˈplorate, a. Obs.
[ad. L. dēplōrāt-us bewept, given up as hopeless, pa. pple. of dēplōrāre to deplore.]
Given up as hopeless; desperate.
| 1529 Supplic. to King 46 This deplorate & miserable sorte of blynde shepherdes. 1615 Crooke Body of Man 92 In a deplorate or desperate dropsie. 1691 Baxter Nat. Ch. xiii. 54 Those that..are not deplorate in Diabolism. 1695 Phil. Trans. XIX. 73 Many other Mysteries in Mathematicks, which were before held as deplorate. |