depreciatev.

/dɪˈpriːʃɪeɪt/

Forms: Also depretiate.

Etymology: < Latin dēpretiāt- (-ciāt- ), participial stem of dēpretiāre (in medieval Latin commonly spelt dēpreciāre ), < de- prefix 1a + pretium price. Compare modern French déprécier ( Dict. Acad. 1762).

a. transitive. To lower in value, lessen the value of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)] > devalue

depreciate1646

devaluate1898

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x. 205 A method..which much depreciates the esteeme and value of miracles.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 53 As these dioptrical Glasses, do heighten and illustrate the Works of Nature, so do they..disparage and depretiate those of Art.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber v. 73 Booth thought it depreciated the Dignity of Tragedy to raise a Smile.

1862 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 631 Our architectural reputation, never high, is still more depreciated by the building at South Kensington.

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

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > diminish value of

fall1564

embase1577

to pull down1607

impoverish1611

depreciate1656

to let down1870

slip1961

society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > reduce value

lowa1513

embase1551

falsify1562

deprave1581

delay1586

debase1602

descry1602

decry1617

depreciate1656

discredit1721

devalue1918

devalorize1925

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Depretiate, to make the price less, to make cheaper.

1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 358 That we shall..Depretiate our Silver Standard.

1782 T. Paine Let. to Abbe Raynal (1791) 25 Every man depreciated his own money by his own consent.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. xiii It is true that suspension of the obligation to pay in specie, did put it in the power of the Bank to depreciate the currency.

1893 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (rev. ed.) at Depreciation Bank Notes or State Notes are depreciated in value when issued against a small reserve of bullion.

2. To lower in estimation; to represent as of less value; to underrate, undervalue, belittle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > speak disparagingly [verb (intransitive)]

diminue1382

misspeaka1393

detract1605

depreciate1666

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]

littleeOE

low1340

dispraisec1386

minish1402

deroge1427

detractc1449

descryc1450

detrayc1475

dismerit1484

decline1509

vilipend1509

disprize?1518

disable1528

derogatea1530

elevate1541

disparagea1556

detrect1563

debase1565

demerit1576

vilify1586

disgrace1589

detracta1592

besparage1592

enervate1593

obtrect1595

extenuate1601

disvalue1605

disparagon1610

undervalue1611

avile1615

debaucha1616

to cry down1616

debate1622

decry1641

atomize1645

underrate1646

naucify1653

dedignify1654

stuprate1655

de-ample1657

dismagn1657

slur1660

voguec1661

depreciate1666

to run down1671

baffle1674

lacken1674

sneer1706

diminish1712

substract1728

down1780

belittle1789

carbonify1792

to speak scorn of1861

to give one a back-cap1903

minoritize1947

mauvais langue1952

rubbish1953

down-talk1959

marginalize1970

marginate1970

trash1975

neg1987

1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities To Rdr. Where..I do indefinitely depretiate Aristotle's Doctrine, I would be understood to speak of his Physicks.

1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. iii. iv. 275 Alexander..began to extoll his own Actions, and to depretiate those of his Father Philip.

1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 20 His bounty..this writer would in vain depreciate.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ix. 78 I don't like to hear you depreciate yourself.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 11 Pleasure [by Plato] is depreciated as relative, while good is exalted as absolute.

absolute.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 93. ⁋13 The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations.1804 Man in Moon 28 Jan. 189 He depreciates from the merits of the very man he had praised before.1882 A. W. Ward Dickens iii. 54 At the bottom lay a desire to depreciate.

3. intransitive. To fall in value, to become of less worth.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > [verb (intransitive)] > fall in value

fall?1532

depreciatea1790

soften1838

a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 67 The wealthy Inhabitants oppos'd..all Paper Currency, from an Apprehension that it would depreciate.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 439 This breed of horses has much depreciated of late.

1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 75/1 Actually to have depreciated as he grew older, and better known to the world.

1884 Manch. Examiner 8 May 5/3 Conditions which caused property to depreciate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	depreciate
释义	depreciatev. /dɪˈpriːʃɪeɪt/ Forms: Also depretiate. Etymology: < Latin dēpretiāt- (-ciāt- ), participial stem of dēpretiāre (in medieval Latin commonly spelt dēpreciāre ), < de- prefix 1a + pretium price. Compare modern French déprécier ( Dict. Acad. 1762). 1. a. transitive. To lower in value, lessen the value of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)] > devalue depreciate1646 devaluate1898 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. x. 205 A method..which much depreciates the esteeme and value of miracles. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 53 As these dioptrical Glasses, do heighten and illustrate the Works of Nature, so do they..disparage and depretiate those of Art. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber v. 73 Booth thought it depreciated the Dignity of Tragedy to raise a Smile. 1862 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 631 Our architectural reputation, never high, is still more depreciated by the building at South Kensington. b. spec. To lower the price or market value of; to reduce the purchasing power of (money). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > diminish value of fall1564 embase1577 to pull down1607 impoverish1611 depreciate1656 to let down1870 slip1961 society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > reduce value lowa1513 embase1551 falsify1562 deprave1581 delay1586 debase1602 descry1602 decry1617 depreciate1656 discredit1721 devalue1918 devalorize1925 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Depretiate, to make the price less, to make cheaper. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 358 That we shall..Depretiate our Silver Standard. 1782 T. Paine Let. to Abbe Raynal (1791) 25 Every man depreciated his own money by his own consent. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. xiii It is true that suspension of the obligation to pay in specie, did put it in the power of the Bank to depreciate the currency. 1893 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (rev. ed.) at Depreciation Bank Notes or State Notes are depreciated in value when issued against a small reserve of bullion. 2. To lower in estimation; to represent as of less value; to underrate, undervalue, belittle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > speak disparagingly [verb (intransitive)] diminue1382 misspeaka1393 detract1605 depreciate1666 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)] littleeOE low1340 dispraisec1386 minish1402 deroge1427 detractc1449 descryc1450 detrayc1475 dismerit1484 decline1509 vilipend1509 disprize?1518 disable1528 derogatea1530 elevate1541 disparagea1556 detrect1563 debase1565 demerit1576 vilify1586 disgrace1589 detracta1592 besparage1592 enervate1593 obtrect1595 extenuate1601 disvalue1605 disparagon1610 undervalue1611 avile1615 debaucha1616 to cry down1616 debate1622 decry1641 atomize1645 underrate1646 naucify1653 dedignify1654 stuprate1655 de-ample1657 dismagn1657 slur1660 voguec1661 depreciate1666 to run down1671 baffle1674 lacken1674 sneer1706 diminish1712 substract1728 down1780 belittle1789 carbonify1792 to speak scorn of1861 to give one a back-cap1903 minoritize1947 mauvais langue1952 rubbish1953 down-talk1959 marginalize1970 marginate1970 trash1975 neg1987 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities To Rdr. Where..I do indefinitely depretiate Aristotle's Doctrine, I would be understood to speak of his Physicks. 1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. iii. iv. 275 Alexander..began to extoll his own Actions, and to depretiate those of his Father Philip. 1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 20 His bounty..this writer would in vain depreciate. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ix. 78 I don't like to hear you depreciate yourself. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 11 Pleasure [by Plato] is depreciated as relative, while good is exalted as absolute. absolute.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 93. ⁋13 The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations.1804 Man in Moon 28 Jan. 189 He depreciates from the merits of the very man he had praised before.1882 A. W. Ward Dickens iii. 54 At the bottom lay a desire to depreciate. 3. intransitive. To fall in value, to become of less worth. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [verb (intransitive)] > fall in value fall?1532 depreciatea1790 soften1838 a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 67 The wealthy Inhabitants oppos'd..all Paper Currency, from an Apprehension that it would depreciate. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 439 This breed of horses has much depreciated of late. 1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 75/1 Actually to have depreciated as he grew older, and better known to the world. 1884 Manch. Examiner 8 May 5/3 Conditions which caused property to depreciate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1646
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