"I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the directionof his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined,he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
- Henry David Thoreau
1. to express disapproval of; protest against 2. to depreciate (a person, someone's character, etc.); belittle 3. Archaic to try to ward off by prayer ( VERY SELDOM USED IN MODERN ENGLISH)