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vilipend

[ vil-uh-pend ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to regard or treat as of little value or account.
  2. to vilify; depreciate.


vilipend

/ ˈ±¹Éª±ôɪˌ±èÉ›²Ô»å /

verb

  1. to treat or regard with contempt
  2. to speak slanderously or slightingly of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±¹¾±±ô¾±ËŒ±è±ð²Ô»å±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±¹¾±±ôi·±è±ð²Ô»åe°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vilipend1

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin ±¹Ä«±ô¾±±è±ð²Ô»å±ð°ù±ð, equivalent to Latin ±¹Ä«±ô¾± ( s ) cheap ( vile ) + pendere to consider ( pensive )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vilipend1

C15: from Late Latin ±¹Ä«±ô¾±±è±ð²Ô»å±ð°ù±ð, from Latin ±¹Ä«±ô¾±s worthless + pendere to esteem
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But with what consistency, my lord Bishop, do you to-day vaunt “the principles†of the very men whom yesterday you vilipended precisely because their “principles†then seemed to yourself so utterly unsatisfactory?

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Courage is needed in the profession and maintenance of the true and the right, when denied, assailed, or vilipended.

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One Richard Hunt was summoned for certain articles implying contempt, and for vilipending his lordship's jurisdiction.

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We are used to see, that Man despises What he never comprehends, And the Good and the Beautiful vilipends, Finding them often hard to measure: Will the dog, like man, snarl his displeasure?

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He would be a thin spirit who should gain a lady's friendly regard, and then vilipend because she knew no better, or could not choose.

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