Deprecated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  deprecate \dep"re*cate\ (d[e^]p"r[-e]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. {Deprecated} (-k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Deprecating} (-k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. deprecatus, p. p. of
     deprecari to avert by prayer, to deprecate; de- + precari to
     pray. See {Pray}.]
     To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to


     seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to desire
     the removal of. [archaic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To protest against; to advance reasons against.
        [PJC]
  
              His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he
              was with difficulty induced to adandon it. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To disapprove of strongly; to express a low opinion of.
        [PJC]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  deprecated adj. Said of a program or feature that is considered
     obsolescent and in the process of being phased out, usually in favor of
     a specified replacement. Deprecated features can, unfortunately, linger
     on for many years. This term appears with distressing frequency in
     standards documents when the committees writing the documents realize
     that large amounts of extant (and presumably happily working) code
     depend on the feature(s) that have passed out of favor. See also {dusty
     deck}.
  
     [Usage note: don't confuse this word with `depreciate', or the verb
     form `deprecate' with `depreciated`. They are different words; see any
     dictionary for discussion.]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  deprecated
       
          Said of a program or feature that is considered obsolescent
          and in the process of being phased out, usually in favour of a
          specified replacement.  Deprecated features can,
          unfortunately, linger on for many years.  This term appears
          with distressing frequency in standards documents when the
          committees writing the documents realise that large amounts of
          extant (and presumably happily working) code depend on the
          feature(s) that have passed out of favour.
       
          See also {dusty deck}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-04-19)