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English Dictionary: depreciate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for depreciate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depreciate v belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" Synonym(s): deprecate, depreciate, vilipend lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again" Antonym(s): appreciate, apprise, apprize lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again" Synonym(s): depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue Antonym(s): appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depreciate \Depre"ciate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depreciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depreciating}.] [L. depretiatus, depreciatus, p. p. of depretiare, -ciare, to depreciate; de- + pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See {Price}.] To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. --Addison. Which . . . some over-severe phoilosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. --Cudworth. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself. --Burke. Syn: To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See {Decry}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depreciate \Depre"ciate\, v. i. To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.