Associations to the word «Depreciate»
Wiktionary
DEPRECIATE, verb. (transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
DEPRECIATE, verb. (intransitive) To decline in value over time.
DEPRECIATE, verb. (transitive) To belittle.
Dictionary definition
DEPRECIATE, verb. Belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts".
DEPRECIATE, verb. Lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again".
DEPRECIATE, verb. Lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.