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depreciate

v.
US //dɪˈpɹiʃiˌeɪt// UK //dɪpɹˈiːʃɪˌeɪt// de·pre·ci·ate
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Inherited from Middle English depreciaten, borrowed from Late Latin dēpretiātus / dēpreciātus, perfect passive participle of dēpretiō / dēpreciō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + pretium (“price”) + -ō.

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