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Depreciate

//dəˈpriʃiˌeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of. transitive

    "[…] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate."

  2. 2
    lose in value wordnet
  3. 3
    To decline in value over time. intransitive
  4. 4
    lower the value of something wordnet
  5. 5
    To belittle or disparage. transitive

    "They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team."

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  1. 6
    belittle wordnet

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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