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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Depreciating (0.03431 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: depreciating
depreciating
adj : tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value;
“a
depreciating currency”;
“depreciatory effects on
prices” [syn:
depreciative,
depreciatory]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Depreciating
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]
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