depreciate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depretiare, depretiatus, from de- + pretium (“price”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
    […] 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
  2. (intransitive) To decline in value over time.
  3. (transitive) To belittle or disparage.

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