depreciating
    adj 1: tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a
           depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices"
           [syn: depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory]

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.
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         Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon
         fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. --Cudworth.
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         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.
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