disvaluation en · NOUN
Etymology
From dis- + valuation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) devaluation
For what can be more strange , or more to the disvaluation of the power of the Spaniard upon the continent , than that with an army of eleven thousand English landsoldiers , and a fleet of twenty - six ships of war , besides some weak vessels[…]
a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disvaluations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |