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Meanings of depreciate in English

Portuguese
desvalorizar
Catalan
desvalorar

Lose in value.

      desvalorizar
      Portuguese
      depreciar
      Catalan
      suplicar
      Spanish
      menospreciar

      Belittle.

            depreciar

            To attack falsely or with malicious intent the good name and reputation of someone.

                Usage of depreciate in English
                1
                Far be it from me to depreciate physical symmetry and personal comeliness.
                Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays
                2
                He too will be apt to depreciate their application to the arts.
                The Republic
                3
                They sometimes resort to deception to depreciate their value with the appraisers.
                The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
                4
                One class goes to depreciate Republican institutions, the other to praise them.
                Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2
                5
                CLEINIAS: Once more, Stranger, I must complain that you depreciate our lawgivers.
                Laws
                6
                Dear Lady Beauchamp, resumed I, depreciate not your compliment to Sir Harry.
                The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
                7
                You belong to me now, and I won't have you depreciate yourself.
                Jewel Weed
                8
                The rupee is being allowed to depreciate gradually, and many see that continuing.
                Reuters
                9
                I shall not depreciate the Indians for the sake of argument.
                A Young Girl's Wooing
                10
                Very few wanted to depreciate their investment by bedding their comarré.
                Blood Rights
                11
                Foreign reserves are dangerously low and the pound continues to depreciate.
                Reuters
                12
                Voltaire might exalt himself to the clouds, he could not depreciate the king.
                Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
                13
                Neither did Maroboduus fail to boast himself and depreciate the foe.
                The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; /...
                14
                The rand will then depreciate and the trade deficit will widen.
                The South African
                15
                That she alone saw it, did not depreciate the value of her knowledge.
                Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete
                16
                We need not fear that we depreciate ourselves when we extol the universe.
                Wisdom and Destiny
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                Depreciate through the time
                Depreciate across language varieties
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