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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disparage \Dis*par"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disparaged}; p. pr & vb n. {Disparaging}.] [OF.
desparagier F. d['e]parager, to marry unequally; pref. des-
(L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal,
peer. See {Peer}.]
1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal
marriage. [Obs.]
Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul
disparaged be --Chaucer.
2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to
lower in rank or estimation by actions or words to speak
slightingly of to depreciate; to undervalue.
Those forbidding appearances which sometimes
disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp.
Atterbury.
Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
--Milton.
Syn: To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen;
vilify; reproach; detract from derogate from degrade;
debase. See {Decry}.
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