misprize (third-person singular simple present misprizes, present participle misprizing, simple past and past participle misprized)
To despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue. [from 15th c.]
misprize (uncountable)
(obsolete, rare) Contempt. [16th-19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*prize", v. t. Etym: [OF. mesprisier to deprise, F. mépriser; pref. amiss, wrong (L. minus less + LL. pretium price. See price, Prize, v.]
Definition: To slight or undervalue. O, for those vanished hours, so much misprized! Hillhouse. I do not blame them, madam, nor misprize. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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