Meaning of MISPRIZE
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | be above, be contemptuous of, belittle, care nothing for, contemn, deprecate, depreciate, deride, despise, disdain, disparage, disprize, dump on, feel contempt for, feel superior to, hold beneath one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, insult, look down upon, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, minimize, misestimate, put down, rank low, ridicule, scorn, sell short, set at naught, set little by, shrug off, sneer at, sneeze at, sniff at, snort at, think little of, think nothing of, underestimate, underprize, underrate, underreckon, undervalue |
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