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depreciate |
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depreciate Verb [-ating, -ated] 1. to decline in value or price 2. to deride or criticize [Latin de- down + pretium price] depreciatory adj
USAGE: Avoid confusion with deprecate. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
depreciate verb 2. lose value, devalue, devaluate << OPPOSITE appreciate USAGE The word depreciate is not synonymous with deprecate. Depreciate means `to reduce or decline in value or price' while deprecate means `to express disapproval of'. Translations |
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| With what propriety, therefore, or for what good purposes, are attempts at this particular period made by some men to depreciate the importance of the Union? In reality, to depreciate a book maliciously, or even wantonly, is at least a very ill-natured office; and a morose snarling critic may, I believe, be suspected to be a bad man. To this Mary very gravely replied, "Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures |
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