[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cheapen \cheap"en\, v. t. imp.  p. p. cheapened; p. pr. 
   vb. n. cheapening. oe. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy,
   sell, as. ce'apian; akin to d. koopen to buy, g. kaufen,
   icel. kaupa, goth. kaup=on to trade. cf. chap to
   bargain.
   1. to ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
      obsoles.
      1913 webster

            pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. cf. cheap, a. to beat down the price of; to lessen the
      value of; to depreciate. --pope.
      1913 webster

            my proffered love has cheapened me.   --dryden.
      1913 webster
see also:
cheapened cheapening chap cheap 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cheapen
     v : lower the grade of something; reduce its worth syn: degrade
see also:
degrade 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

76 moby thesaurus words for "cheapen":
   adulterate, alloy, bargain, beat down, bid, bid for, break, canker,
   chaffer, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, cut, cut prices,
   debase, debauch, decline, decry, defile, deflate, deflower,
   degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, depreciate, desecrate,
   despoil, devaluate, devalue, dicker, distort, dive, downgrade,
   drive a bargain, fall, fall in price, give way, haggle, higgle,
   huckster, infect, jew down, lower, mark down, misuse, negotiate,
   nose-dive, outbid, pare, pervert, plummet, plunge, poison, pollute,
   prostitute, ravage, ravish, reduce, sag, shave, slash, slump,
   taint, trim, twist, ulcerate, underbid, undervalue, violate,
   vitiate, vulgarize, warp, write down, write off

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