Depreciated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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