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dis⋅prize

  [dis-prahyz]
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–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')   
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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