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 -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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