Depreciate (d&euptack_;prēsh&ibreve_;āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depreciated (d&euptack_;prēsh&ibreve_;āt&ebreve_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Depreciating (d&euptack_;prēsh&ibreve_;āt&ibreve_;ng).] [L. depretiatus, depreciatus, p. p. of depretiare, -ciare, to depreciate; de- + pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price.] To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. Addison.
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Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. Cudworth.
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To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself. Burke.

Syn. -- To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See Decry.
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