See Also: osteophone(medicine)

depreciate (iou) and osteophone (medicine)


depreciate (iou)



depreciate verb. LME.
[Late Latin depreciat- pa. ppl stem of depretiare (medieval Latin deprec-), from de- DE- 1 + pretium price: see -ATE3.]
1. verb trans. Disparage, belittle, underrate. LME.
R. Ellmann Before this Wilde depreciated pity as a motive in Art; now he embraced it.
b. verb intrans. Be disparaging; detract from. E18.
2. verb trans. Lower the value of; esp. lower the market price of, reduce the purchasing power of (money). M17.
J. Galsworthy A Sanatorium would depreciate the neighbourhood, and he should certainly sign the petition..against it.
3. verb intrans. Fall in value. M18.
E. Wilson The value of the paper money had depreciated almost to zero.
depreciatingly adverb disparagingly M19.
depreciative adjective depreciatory M19.
depreciator noun a person who depreciates or causes depreciation L18.
depreciatory adjective tending to depreciate; disparaging: E19.

osteophone (medicine)


osteophone


An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes Other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.

Origin: Gr. Bone + voice.

Source: Websters Dictionary