depreciate
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Depreciate paper as much as you will, and it will still serve all the purposes of barter.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
Depreciate, de-prē′shi-āt, v.t. to lower the worth of: to undervalue: to disparage.—v.i. to fall in value.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Depreciate the value of these shares gently, but rapidly as you can.
From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson
Depreciate, deprecate.—To depreciate means "to bring down in value," "to disparage;" to deprecate means "to argue earnestly against" or "to express regret for."
From Practical Exercises in English by Buehler, Huber Gray
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