cheapen

cheapen
    v 1: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [syn:
         {degrade}, {cheapen}]
    

Cheapen \Cheap"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheapened}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Cheapening}.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy,
   sell, AS. ce['a]pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen,
   Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup[=o]n to trade. Cf. {Chap} to
   bargain.]
   1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
      [Obsoles.]
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            Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --Swift.
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   2. [Cf. {Cheap}, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the
      value of; to depreciate. --Pope.
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            My proffered love has cheapened me.   --Dryden.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "cheapen":
      adulterate, alloy, bargain, beat down, bid, bid for, break, canker,
      chaffer, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, cut, cut prices,
      debase, debauch, decline, decry, defile, deflate, deflower,
      degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, depreciate, desecrate,
      despoil, devaluate, devalue, dicker, distort, dive, downgrade,
      drive a bargain, fall, fall in price, give way, haggle, higgle,
      huckster, infect, jew down, lower, mark down, misuse, negotiate,
      nose-dive, outbid, pare, pervert, plummet, plunge, poison, pollute,
      prostitute, ravage, ravish, reduce, sag, shave, slash, slump,
      taint, trim, twist, ulcerate, underbid, undervalue, violate,
      vitiate, vulgarize, warp, write down, write off