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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Depreciate (0.00776 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Depreciate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: depreciate
depreciate
v 1: belittle;
“The teacher should not deprecate his student's
efforts” [syn:
deprecate]
2: lower the value of something;
“The Fed depreciated the
dollar once again” [ant:
appreciate]
3: lose in value;
“The dollar depreciated again” [syn:
undervalue,
devaluate,
devalue] [ant:
appreciate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Depreciate
Depreciate
\De*pre"ci*ate\ (d[-e]*pr[=e]"sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p.
Depreciated
(d[-e]*pr[=e]"sh[i^]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Depreciating (d[-e]*pr[=e]"sh[i^]*[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L.
depretiatus, depreciatus, p. p. of depretiare, -ciare, to
depreciate; de- + pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See
Price.]
To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of;
to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to
undervalue. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon
fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. --Cudworth.
[1913 Webster]
To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we
are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.
--Burke.
Syn: To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate.
See
Decry.
[1913 Webster]
Depreciate
\De*pre"ci*ate\, v. i.
To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in
estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it
is convertible into specie.
[1913 Webster]
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