disprize

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ prize. Doublet of dispraise.

Verb

disprize (third-person singular simple present disprizes, present participle disprizing, simple past and past participle disprized)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To depreciate.
    • a. 1687, Charles Cotton, Ode to Lydia:
      Dishevel sweet thy yellow hair, / Whose ray does burnish'd gold disprize.
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