cheapen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cheapen	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cheapen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cheapen v lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [syn: degrade, cheapen]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cheapen \Cheap"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheapened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cheapening}.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy, sell, AS. ce[a0]pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen, Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup[d3]n to trade. Cf. {Chap} to bargain.] 1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.] Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --Swift. 2. [Cf. {Cheap}, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. --Pope. My proffered love has cheapened me. --Dryden.