DISPRIZED

Etymology

Verb

disprized

simple past tense and past participle of disprize

Adjective

disprized (comparative more disprized, superlative most disprized)

Undervalued, disparaged.

Source: Wiktionary


DISPRIZE

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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RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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