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DISPRIZE
Etymology
Verb
disprize (third-person singular simple present disprizes, present participle disprizing, simple past and past participle disprized)
(transitive, archaic) To depreciate.
Dishevel sweet thy yellow hair, / Whose ray does burnish'd gold disprize.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*prize", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dispraise.]
Definition: To do preciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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