Depreciate
[dɪ'priːʃɪeɪt;-sɪ-] or [dɪ'priʃɪet]
Definition
(verb.) lose in value; 'The dollar depreciated again'.
(verb.) lower the value of something; 'The Fed depreciated the dollar once again'.
Typist: Merritt--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Underrate, undervalue, lessen the price of, diminish the value of.[2]. Disparage, decry, traduce, malign, degrade, censure, find fault with.
v. n. Fall in price, fall in value, become of less worth.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See_DISPARAGE]
Typist: Marietta
Definition
v.t. to lower the worth of: to undervalue: to disparage.—v.i. to fall in value.—n. Depreciā′tion the falling of value: disparagement.—adjs. Deprē′ciative Deprē′ciatory tending to depreciate or lower.—n. Deprē′ciator.
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Examples
- Just as it belonged to his boastfulness to depreciate his own extraction, so it belonged to it to exalt Mrs. Sparsit's. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And I resolve, for my part, not to depreciate him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- To this Mary very gravely replied, Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He too will be apt to depreciate their application to the arts. Plato. The Republic.
- I don't depreciate her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Excuse the interruption: I don't like to hear you depreciate yourself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- However, I do not mean to depreciate Mr. Montgomery's dancing in the least; only do but give him elbow-room and he will astonish you! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The world of sense is still depreciated and identified with opinion, though admitted to be a shadow of the true. Plato. The Republic.
- I depreciated Paris; I depreciated France. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Excessive reliance upon others for data (whether got from reading or listening) is to be depreciated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such knowing is depreciated, if not despised, as purely utilitarian, lacking in cultural significance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- On the other hand, the value of concrete, everyday intelligence is constantly underestimated, and even deliberately depreciated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The more the former was exalted, the more the latter was depreciated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But YOU once depreciated ME, sir,' thought Bella, pouting, 'and I hope you may be satisfied with the consequences you brought upon your head! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Interrogate now the three natures, and each one will be found praising his own pleasures and depreciating those of others. Plato. The Republic.
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