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▪ I. † diˈsprize, n. Obs. Also 6 disprice. [a. OF. despris ‘disesteeme, contempt, disdaine’ (Cotgr.), earlier despriz = It. disprezzo, Sp. disprecio:—late L. type *dispretium. See disprize v. and cf. prize, price.] Disparagement, depreciation, contempt.1560 Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 61 Ȝe haif done gre...
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† deˈprise, v. Obs. rare. [a. F. dépriser in OF. despriser, f. dé-, des-, L. dis- + priser to prize. Cf. disprize.] trans. To depreciate, undervalue.c 1550 Lyndesay Satyre in Pinkerton Sc. Poems Repr. (1792) II. 206 Now quhill the King misknawis the veritie Be scho ressavit, then we will be deprysit...
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dispraise
▪ I. dispraise, n. (dɪsˈpreɪz) [f. dis- 9 + praise n.; or f. dispraise v. after praise n. Cf. OF. despriz, despris, and see disprize n.] 1. The action or fact of dispraising; the opposite of praise; expression of disparagement; blame, censure.1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. vi, The morall sense they clo...
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