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disesteem


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disesteem  \Dis`es*teem"\,  n. 
  Want  of  esteem;  low  estimation,  inclining  to  dislike; 
  disfavor;  disrepute. 
 
  Disesteem  and  contempt  of  the  public  affairs.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Disesteem  \Dis`es*teem"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Disesteemed};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Disesteeming}.] 
  1.  To  feel  an  absence  of  esteem  for  to  regard  with  disfavor 
  or  slight  contempt;  to  slight. 
 
  But  if  this  sacred  gift  you  disesteem.  --Denham. 
 
  Qualities  which  society  does  not  disesteem.  --Ld. 
  Lytton. 
 
  2.  To  deprive  of  esteem;  to  bring  into  disrepute;  to  cause  to 
  be  regarded  with  disfavor.  [Obs.] 
 
  What  fables  have  you  vexed,  what  truth  redeemed, 
  Antiquities  searched,  opinions  disesteemed?  --B. 
  Jonson 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  disesteem 
  n  :  the  state  in  which  esteem  has  been  lost  [ant:  {esteem}] 
  v  :  have  little  or  no  respect  for  hold  in  contempt  [syn:  {disrespect}] 
  [ant:  {respect},  {respect}] 




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