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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin