depreciate
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Definition of depreciate
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
“[…] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.”
“To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.”
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verb
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(transitive)To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
“[…] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.”
“To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.”
- (intransitive)To decline in value over time.
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(transitive)To belittle or disparage.
“They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English depreciaten, borrowed from Late Latin dēpretiātus / dēpreciātus, perfect passive participle of dēpretiō / dēpreciō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + pretium (“price”) + -ō.
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