American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Deprecatory

DEPRECATORY,

DEPRECIATE, v.t. [Low L. Price.]

1. To lessen the price of a thing; to cry down the price or value.

2. To undervalue; to represent as of little value or merit, or of less value than is commonly supposed; as, one author is apt to depreciate the works of another, or to depreciate their worth.

3. To lower the value. The issue of a superabundance of notes depreciates them, or depreciates their value.

DEPRECIATE, v.i. To fall in value; to become of less worth. A paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie. Estates are apt to depreciate in hte hands of tenants on short leases. Continental bills of credit, issued by the congress, during the revolution, depreciated to the one hundredth part of their nominal value.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Deprecatory," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed October 3, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYZYCQN82QTZN55.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Deprecatory." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 3 Oct. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYZYCQN82QTZN55.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Deprecatory' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 3 October 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GYZYCQN82QTZN55.