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To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.

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  1. v. t. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
  2. a. To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate.
  3. v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
  4. 1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.] Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. Swift. 2. Etym: [Cf. Cheap, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. Pope. My proffered love has cheapened me. Dryden.
  5. To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; todepreciate. Pope.My proffered love has cheapened me. Dryden.
  6. v:100 v lower the grade of something; reduce its worth