misprize
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mis·prize 
[mis-prahyz] Pronunciation Key
[mis-prahyz] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -prized, -priz·ing.
| to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn. |
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| mis·prize
(mĭs-prīz') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. mis·prized, mis·priz·ing, mis·priz·es
mis·priz'er n. |
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Misprize
Mis*prize"\, v. t. [OF. mesprisier to deprise, F. m['e]priser; pref. amiss, wrong (L. minus less + LL. pretium price. See price, Prize, v.] To slight or undervalue. O, for those vanished hours, so much misprized! --Hillhouse. I do not blame them, madam, nor misprize. --Mrs. Browning.
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