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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. quotations examples
[…] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.
1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.
1 December, 1783, Edmund Burke, speech on Fox's East India Bill
(intransitive) To decline in value over time. examples
(transitive) To belittle or disparage. examples