in reply to This is not Flamebait
His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it. --Sir W. Scott.
Which . . . some over-severe phoilosophers 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.
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