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| de·plore [ di pláwr ] (past and past participle de·plored, present participle de·plor·ing, 3rd person present singular de·plores) |
transitive verb |
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1. find something extremely unacceptable: to disapprove of something very strongly
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2. regret: to regret or feel grief about something
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French or Italian< Latin deplorare "lament, regret" < plorare "wail"] |
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 de·plor·ing·ly adverb |
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