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disvalue

American  
[dis-val-yoo] / dɪsˈvæl ju /

noun

  1. disesteem; disparagement.


verb (used with object)

disvalued, disvaluing
  1. Archaic. to depreciate; disparage.

Etymology

Origin of disvalue

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- 1 + value

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Ladies.Be it so, And if our levity disvalue vows, Or what may most oblige us: may like censure Impeach our perish'd honours.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

Value is activity that unfolds itself freely: disvalue is its contrary.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

Things that possessed a high degree of value were called preferred, those that possessed a high degree of disvalue were called rejected.

From Guide to Stoicism by Stock, St. George William Joseph

Nor is't the time alone is here disprised, But the whole man of time, yea, Caesar's self Brought in disvalue; and he aimed at most, By oblique glance of his licentious pen.

From Sejanus: His Fall by Jonson, Ben

The process is external to the aesthetic fact In this case also; for the only feeling linked with that is the feeling of aesthetic value and disvalue, of the beautiful and of the ugly.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

For our neighbour’s reputation is too great and precious a thing to be played with, or offered up to sport; we are very foolish in so disvaluing it, very naughty in so misusing it. 

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac

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