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verb

Cheapen v. t. (past & past part. cheapened; pres. part. cheapening)

To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. (Obsoles.) "Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy."

To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. "My proffered love has cheapened me."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cheapen" Quotes from Famous Books

... like them you will destroy yourself with your own hands. If, on the contrary, you are a great and legitimate fraternal association, your duty is to enlighten your adherents and to deny those who cheapen and compromise your principles. I hope still that you include in your bosom, humane and hard-working men in great numbers, and that they suffer and blush at seeing bandits take shelter under your name. In this case your silence is inept and cowardly. Have you not a single member capable of protesting ...

— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert

... some are born with an energy and ability to produce wealth, others not. Invention and discovery have replaced scarcity and dearness with abundance and cheapness. The law of competition seems to cheapen comforts and luxuries. ...

— The Harris-Ingram Experiment • Charles E. Bolton

... with women especially. Their dodges are extraordinary. Tayleure would cheapen a penny loaf, and run down the price of a box of lucifer matches. There's a chance for you! She would be an economical wife; but then, my dear fellow, she would spend all the savings on herself. Her virtue is ...

— The Cockaynes in Paris - 'Gone abroad' • Blanchard Jerrold

... such a fool. One woman is fair; yet I am well: another is wise; yet I am well: another virtuous; yet I am well: but till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace. Rich she shall be, that's certain; wise, or I'll none; virtuous, or I'll never cheapen her; fair, or I'll never look on her; mild, or come not near me; noble, or not I for an angel; of good discourse, an excellent musician, and her hair shall be of what colour it please God. Ha, the prince and monsieur Love! I will hide me in ...

— Much Ado About Nothing • William Shakespeare [Knight edition]

... time for meditation; and meditation counseled patience. The gringo would doubtless go to the rodeo, and he would meet him there without the spectacular flavor of a formal challenge. For Jose was a decent sort of a fellow and had no desire to cheapen his passion or cause the senorita the pain of public gossip. It was that same quality of dignity in his love that had restrained him from seeking a deliberate quarrel with Jack before now; and though he fumed inwardly while his ...

— The Gringos • B. M. Bower

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