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disprizing

disprizing is the present participle and gerund of disprize.

Meaning of disprize

Verb

disprize (third-person singular simple present disprizes, present participle disprizing, simple past and past participle disprized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To depreciate.
    • Dishevel sweet thy yellow hair, / Whose ray does burnish'd gold disprize.a. 1687, Charles Cotton, Ode to Lydia

Questions about disprizing

What is disprizing the present participle and gerund of?
Disprizing is the present participle and gerund of disprize.

Words near disprizing in the dictionary

  1. disprivileges
  2. disprivileging
  3. disprize
  4. disprized
  5. disprizes
  6. disprizing
  7. disprobative
  8. disprofess
  9. disprofessed
  10. disprofesses
  11. disprofessing

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