depreciate
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depreciate
- /dɪˈpɹiːʃɪeɪt/ UK
- /dəˈpriʃiˌeɪt/ US
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English depreciaten, borrowed from Late Latin dēpretiātus / dēpreciātus, perfect passive participle of dēpretiō / dēpreciō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + pretium (“price”) + -ō.
verb depreciates · depreciating · depreciated · depretiate
- To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of. […] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.
- To decline in value over time.
- To belittle or disparage. They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team.
