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To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

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  1. v. t. To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
  2. v. cause to seem less serious; play down
  3. v. express a negative opinion of
  4. v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
  5. To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson.
  6. To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in adepreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson.
  7. v:100 v cause to seem less serious; play down v express a negative opinion of v lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of