Meanings
verbdisprize (third-person singular simple present disprizes, present participle disprizing, simple past and past participle disprized)
present singular third person disprizes · participle present disprizing · participle past disprized · past disprized
- archaictransitiveTo depreciate.
Dishevel sweet thy yellow hair, / Whose ray does burnish'd gold disprize.
a. 1687, Charles Cotton, Ode to Lydia
Origin
From dis- + prize. Doublet of dispraise.
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disprize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disprize
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“disprize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disprize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disprize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disprize.
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