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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·prize       [dis-prahyz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -prized, -priz·ing.
to hold in small esteem; disdain.
[Origin: 1425–75; late ME disprisen < AF, MF despriser, late var. of despreis(i)er to dispraise]
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dis·prize       (dĭs-prīz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   dis·prized, dis·priz·ing, dis·priz·es Archaic
To disdain or undervalue; scorn.


[Middle English disprisen, from Old French desprisier; see dispraise.]

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Disprize

Dis*prize"\, v. t. [Cf. Dispraise.] To depreciate. [R.] --Cotton (Ode to Lydia).

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