misprise
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- mispriser noun
Example Sentences
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Misprise, mis-prīz′, v.t. to slight, undervalue.
From Project Gutenberg
Misprise! ay, marry, I would have him use some such words now; they have some touch, some taste of the law.
From Project Gutenberg
When I found you, helpless lying, And you waived my deep misprise, And swore me, dying, In phantom-guise To wing to me when grieving, And touch away my woe, We kissed, believing .
From Project Gutenberg
You do give warranty as a good knight and true, as well as by the bones of the blessed St. Ursula, that you bear no ill will, secret enmity, wicked misprise or conspiracy, against the body of our noble lord and master Von Kolnsche?
From Project Gutenberg
Beware how you misprise this potent ally, for hers is the art of Giotto and Dante: beware how you misprise this insidious foe, for hers is the art of modern France and of Byron.
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