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deplorest

deplorest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of deplore.

Meaning of deplore

Verb

deplore (third-person singular simple present deplores, present participle deploring, simple past and past participle deplored)

  1. (transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
    • I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job.
  2. (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
    • I deplore how you treated him at the party.
  3. (obsolete) To regard as hopeless; to give up.
    • The physicians do make a kind of scruple and religion to stay with the patient after the disease is deplored; whereas, in my judgement, they ought both to inquire the skill, and to give the attendances, for the facilitating and assuaging of the pains and agonies of death.1605, Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning

Origin of deplorest

deplore + -est

Questions about deplorest

What is deplorest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deplorest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of deplore.

Words near deplorest in the dictionary

  1. deploredness
  2. deplorement
  3. deplorer
  4. deplorers
  5. deplores
  6. deplorest
  7. deploreth
  8. Deplorian
  9. deploring
  10. deploringly
  11. deploy

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