† deˈplorative, a. Obs.
[f. dēplōrāt-, ppl. stem of L. dēplōrāre to deplore + -ive.]
Characterized by or expressing deploration.
| 1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God viii. xxvi. (1620) 315 Hermes himself in his deploratiue passage..doth plainly auerre that the Egyptian gods were all dead men. |