v. 25B6; verb
these cars will depreciate : DECREASE IN VALUE, lose value, fall in price.
the decision to depreciate property : DEVALUE, cheapen, reduce, lower in price, mark down, cut, discount; informal slash.
they depreciate the importance of art : BELITTLE, disparage, denigrate, decry, deprecate, underrate, undervalue, underestimate, diminish, trivialize; disdain, sneer at, scoff at, scorn; informal knock, bad-mouth, sell short, pooh-pooh, do down; Brit. informal rubbish.