depreciate

Definition

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

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.

Example Sentences

• "[…] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate."
• "To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself."
• "They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team."

Related Words