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Dispraise
Pronunciation : Dis*praise"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. d?priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.]
Definition : Defn: To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.
t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dis*praise"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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