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misprize
▪ I. misˈprize, n.1 rare. Also 6 mes-, 6, 9 -prise. [f. misprize v.1: cf. OF. mespris, mod.F. mépris.] = prec.1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 39 Mammon was much displeased, yet no'te he chuse But beare the rigour of his bold mesprise. a 1843 G. Field in C. R. Leslie Mem. Constable (1843) xi, 116 Our most...
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mesprise
mespresion, mesprise etc., obs. ff. misprision, misprize.
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misprized
▪ I. miˈsprized, ppl. a.1 [f. misprize v.1 + -ed1.] a. Despised, scorned. b. Not appreciated.1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvii. cxli, The best amends I can, I vow to make To my misprised slander'd Piety. 1822 Hazlitt Table-t. Ser. ii. xi. (1869) 228 Such misprized obligations. 1880 M{supc}Carthy Own Time...
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misprisement
† misˈprisement Obs. [a. OF. mesprisement, f. mespriser misprize v.1] Disdain.1484 Caxton Curiall 3 Therrour of mesprysement whyche thou hast goten.
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List of English words of French origin (J–R)
misfeasance
misnomer
misprision
misprize
missal
missile
mistral
mistress
mitigation
mitre
mitten, Old Fr.
mix, Anglo-Fr. , compare mod. Fr.
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misprizer
misˈprizer rare. [f. misprize v.1 + -er1. Cf. OF. mespriseur.] A despiser.1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 31 Some other misprizers of my courtesies. 1884 19th Cent. July 132 The misprizer of the spirit and the worshipper of the body.
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misprisal
misprisal rare. (mɪˈspraɪzəl) Also 7 -prizal. [f. misprize v.1 + -al1 5.] Contempt, disdain, scorn.1620 [J. Pyper] tr. Hist. Astrea vii. 230 The heauens..will accuse me of misprisall [orig. Fr. mécognoissance], if I liue not for you. 1652 Kirkman Clerio & Lozia 129 If the sots raile against the misp...
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mispraise
misˈpraise, v. Now rare. [mis-1 1, 7.] 1. trans. To dispraise, blame.a 1300 Cursor M. 25842 Mai naman mis-prais þe thing þe quilk es broght to god ending. 1340 Ayenb. 136 He prayzeþ more þe oþre þe more he him-zelue misprayseþ. 1481 Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 7 Your Chyldren many yeris herafter shal be m...
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misprizing
misˈprizing, vbl. n. [f. misprize v.1 + -ing1.] = misprision2.1485 Caxton Chas. Gt. 132 The mysprysyng that guy had doon in hys presence. 1539 Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) II. 205 For mesprising and avoyding of his abuses. 1601 Shakes. All's Well iii. ii. 33 By the misprising of a Maide ...
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meprize
† meprize, v. Obs. rare—1. [? ad. F. mépriser: see misprize v.] trans. ? To despise.1633 J. Done Hist. Septuagint 133 What is that he ought to doe to meprize his Enemies? [= Gr. πῶς ἄν καταϕρονοιη τῶν ἐχθρῶν.]
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misprision
▪ I. misprision1 (mɪˈsprɪʒən) Also 5–6 mes-, mys(se-. [a. AF. mesprisioun (whence Law-Latin misprisio) = OF. mesprison, -prision mistake, error, wrong action or speech:—popular L. *minuspræhensiōnem, n. of action f. *minuspræhendĕre (OF. mesprendre to mistake, act wrongly, mod.F. méprendre): see mis...
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mainprize
▪ I. mainprize, n. Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈmeɪnpraɪz) Forms: 4 meynprize, 4–5 meyn-, maynprise, -pryse, 5 main-, maympris, maynprice, ? maunprese, 5–6 maynpris(e, 6 -prize, mempris, 6–7 main(e)prise, 7– mainprize. [a. AF., OF. mein-, mainprise, n. of action f. mainprendre (f. main hand + prendre to take: ...
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mis-
▪ I. mis-, prefix1 (mɪs) (also 1 (rare), 2–7 miss-, 3–6 misse-, mysse-, 3–7 mys-, 4–5 mes-), represents OE. mis- = OFris., OS. mis- (MDu. mis(se)-, mes(se)-, Du. mis-), OHG. missa-, missi-, misse-, mes- (MHG. mis(se)-, G. miss-), ON. mis-, Goth. missa- (in missadêþs misdeed, missaleiks different, va...
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sorrow
▪ I. sorrow, n. (ˈsɒrəʊ) Forms: α. 1 sorh, sorhᵹ, 2–3 sorhe (2 sorhᵹe, 3 seorhe); 1 sorᵹ, 2–4 sorȝe (3 sorge, seorȝe, 4 zorȝe, sorghe); 3 soreȝe (-ege), 5 soroȝe, sorugh(e. β. 3 serrȝhe, sareȝe; 3–4 serewe, 4–5 serwe, sarow(e; 9 dial. sarrow, sarra(h. γ. 3 sorw, sorwȝe, seor(u)we, 3–5 sorwe, sorewe....
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