Part 2966

<blockquote>Humble <b>deprecation</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An imprecation or curse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gilpin.</i>

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<hw>Dep"re*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deprecativus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82pr\'82catif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to deprecate; deprecatory.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dep"re*ca*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Dep"re*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who deprecates.</def>

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<hw>Dep"re*ca*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deprecatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.</def>

<blockquote>Humble and <b>deprecatory</b> letters. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depreciate</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*pre"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Depreciated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Depreciating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>depretiatus</ets>, <ets>depreciatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>depretiare</ets>, <ets>-ciare</ets>, to depreciate; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>pretiare</ets> to prize, fr. <ets>pretium</ets> price. See <er>Price</er>.]</ety> <def>To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>Which . . . some over-severe phoilosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and <b>depreciate</b>. <i>Cudworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to <b>depreciate</b> the value of freedom itself. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See <er>Decry</er>.</syn>

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<hw>De*pre"ci*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; <as>as, a paper currency will <ex>depreciate</ex>, unless it is convertible into specie</as>.</def>

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<hw>De*pre`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82pr\'82ciation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The falling of value; reduction of worth.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>the state of being depreciated.</def>

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<hw>De*pre"ci*a`tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*pre"ci*a`tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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