Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-PRE-CI-A'TION
DE-PRE'CIA-TINGDE-PRE'CIA-TIVE
DE-PRE-CI-A'TION, n.
- The act of lessening or crying down price or value.
- The falling of value; reduction of worth; as the depreciation of bills of credit.
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