Definition of "devalue" []

• To lessen or cancel the value of. (verb-transitive)
• To lower the exchange value of (a currency) by lowering its gold equivalency. (verb-transitive)
• To lower the exchange value of a currency by lowering its gold equivalency. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In addition, any go! od conta ined a single devalue from a library of 2,000 drugs as good as tiny molecules."
• "The Fed's plan to "devalue" - our way to prosperity appears to have hit a few ill-placed speed-bumps."
• "* edit I've just been over to your place and Pat Bertram's blog … You use the word devalue and I understand your point on this, but, on the other hand, could it not be seen as a way for the less confident to 'join in' and be a part of something that may well build their confidence?"