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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, n. [Cf. OF despris See {Dispraise}, v. t.] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. --Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispraised}; p. pr & vb n. {Dispraising}.] [OE. dispreisen OF desprisier despreisier F. d['e]priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See {Praise}, and cf {Disprize}, {Depreciate}.] To withdraw praise from to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dispraise n : the act of speaking contemptuously of [syn: {disparagement}]
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