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disprize

[ dis-prahyz ]

verb (used with object)

disprized, disprizing.
  1. to hold in small esteem; disdain.


disprize

/ »åɪ²õˈ±è°ù²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to scorn; disdain
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of disprize1

1425–75; late Middle English disprisen < Anglo-French, Middle French despriser, late variant of despreis ( i ) er to dispraise
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Disprize, dis-prīz′, v.t. to set a low price upon: to undervalue.

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And especially from Dixie, the capricious; otherwise, she might win him by a glance and a smile, and then disprize him forever.

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You disprize your easy one For some one's high and breezy one.

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It gives one such a superior air to disprize with easy scorn this greatest of the Gateways of the World.

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