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depreciate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin depretiare, depretiatus, from de- + pretium (“price”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??p?i???e?t/
Verb
depreciate (third-person singular simple present depreciates, present participle depreciating, simple past and past participle depreciated)
- (transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- […] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.
- 1 December, 1783, Edmund Burke, speech on Fox's East India Bill
- To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- (intransitive) To decline in value over time.
- (transitive) To belittle or disparage.
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with deprecate (“to disapprove of”). The meaning of deprecate has lately been encroaching on depreciate in the sense 'to belittle'.
Synonyms
- (reduce in value over time):
- (belittle): do down
Antonyms
- (reduce in value over time): appreciate
- (belittle): aggrandise/aggrandize, big up (slang)
Translations
Anagrams
- etacepride
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cheapen
English
Etymology
cheap +? -en
Verb
cheapen (third-person singular simple present cheapens, present participle cheapening, simple past and past participle cheapened)
- (transitive) to decrease the value of; to make cheaper
- (transitive) to make vulgar
- (intransitive) to become cheaper
- (transitive, obsolete) to bargain for, ask the price of.
Derived terms
- cheapen out
Translations
Anagrams
- ha'pence, peachen
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