disvalue
disvalue verb: to regard something as having little or no value.
Verb
disvalue (third-person singular simple present disvalues, present participle disvaluing, simple past and past participle disvalued)
- To regard something as having little or no value.
- To undervalue; to depreciate.
- […] five years since there was some speech of marriage
Betwixt myself and her; which was broke off,
Partly for that her promised proportions
Came short of composition, but in chief
For that her reputation was disvalued
In levity […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- […] five years since there was some speech of marriage
Noun
disvalue
Forms of disvalue
| third-person singular present | disvalues |
|---|---|
| present participle | disvaluing |
| past participle | disvalued |
| past | disvalued |
Origin of disvalue
From dis- + value.
Questions about disvalue
- What does disvalue mean?
- Disvalue means to regard something as having little or no value.
- What part of speech is disvalue?
- Disvalue can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of disvalue?
- The past tense of disvalue is disvalued.
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