depreciate.
To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
Meaning & usage
To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
To decline in value over time.
To belittle or disparage.
They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team.
Where this word 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.
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