Defn: Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation;
undervaluing.
— De*pre"ci*a`tive*ly, adv.
DEPRECIATOR
De*pre"ci*a`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who depreciates.
DEPRECIATORY
De*pre"ci*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.
DEPREDABLE
Dep"re*da*ble, a.
Defn: Liable to depredation. [Obs.] "Made less depredable." Bacon.
DEPREDATE
Dep"re*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Depredating.] Etym: [L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder;
de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.]
Defn: To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to
prey upon.
It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and
depredated by the spirits. Bacon.
DEPREDATE
Dep"re*date, v. i.