Dep"re*ca*tive (?), a. [L. deprecativus: cf. F. déprécatif.] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory.
-- Dep"re*ca*tive*ly, adv.
Dep"re*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who deprecates.
Dep"re*ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. deprecatorius.] Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Humble and deprecatory letters.
Bacon.
De*pre"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depreciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depreciating (?).] [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.
Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate.
Cudworth.
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.
De*pre"ci*ate, v. i. To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.
De*pre`ci*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dépréciation.] 1. The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.