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vil⋅i⋅pend

  [vil-uh-pend]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to regard or treat as of little value or account.
2. to vilify; depreciate.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < LL vīlipendere, equiv. to L vīli(s) cheap (see vile ) + pendere to consider (see pensive )

Related forms:
vil⋅i⋅pend⋅er, noun
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vil·i·pend   (vĭl'ə-pěnd')   
tr.v.   vil·i·pend·ed, vil·i·pend·ing, vil·i·pends

  1. To view or treat with contempt; despise.

  2. To speak ill of; disparage.


[Middle English vilipenden, from Old French vilipender, from Latin vīlipendere : vīlis, worthless; see wes-3 in Indo-European roots + pendere, to consider, weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
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