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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