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Date:      Thu, 28 Mar 2002 14:27:51 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: What does Deprecated mean in man pages?
Message-ID:  <20020328142751.K38229@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEFGCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOCEFGCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>

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On Wednesday, 27 March 2002 at 22:32:23 -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
> My Webster Dictionary says
>
> 1	to feel and express disapproval of; plead against
> 2 to  belittle
> 3 to try to avert by prayer
>
> None of these make any sense, so what is the author really trying
> say?

Maybe he's not using Webster :-)  The Oxford English Dictionary
includes this meaning:

  To plead earnestly against; to express an earnest wish against (a
  proceeding); to express earnest disapproval of (a course, plan,
  purpose, etc.).

Greg
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