depreciate
verb (used with object)
to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Say no more or you will be depreciating Julian's value.
From Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success by Horatio Alger