transitive. To lessen, diminish; spec. to reduce (a price or value); to lessen the value of (a coin). Now rare.

To debase (coin) by a mixture of alloy; literal and figurative. Said also of the alloy.

transitive. To make false or incorrect. To adulterate. Also of disease: To corrupt, vitiate. Obsolete.

To debase (coinage), falsify (measures, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To lower the value of (coin) by the addition of a less valuable metal; to debase. Cf. allay, v.3 1. rare.

spec. To lower the value of (coin) by the mixture of alloy or otherwise; to depreciate.

transitive. To proclaim (a type of coin, currency, etc.) to be no longer legal tender. Cf. decry, v. 1. Obsolete.

transitive. To denounce, condemn, suppress, or depreciate by proclamation; = to cry down at cry, v. phrasal verbs 1; chiefly said of foreign or…

spec. To lower the price or market value of; to reduce the purchasing power of (money).

Business and Finance. transitive. To cause loss of confidence in (a currency, shares, etc.); to devalue or depreciate.

transitive. To reduce or annul the value of; to deprive of value; spec. to effect the devaluation of (a currency). Also absol.

transitive. To lower the value of; to devalue.