"depreciate" in the verb sense
1. deprecate, depreciate, vilipend
belittle
"The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
2. depreciate
lower the value of something
"The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
3. depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
lose in value
"The dollar depreciated again"
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