CHEAPEN

cheapen. Cheapen, v.t. to ask the price, lessen, degrade

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Cheap″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cheapening.] [[OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy, sell, AS. ceápian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen, Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaupōn to trade. Cf. Chap to bargain.]] 1. 1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for.
Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. Swift. 2. 2. [[Cf. Cheap, a.]] To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. Pope.
My proffered love has cheapened me. Dryden.