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mesprise

mesprise is the alternative form of misprize.

mesprise is the obsolete form of misprize.

Meaning of misprize

Noun

misprize (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Contempt.
    • He ment to make them know their follies prise,
      Had not those two him instantly desired
      T'asswage his wrath, and pardon their mesprise […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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What is mesprise the alternative form of?
Mesprise is the alternative form of misprize.

Words near mesprise in the dictionary

  1. mespilus
  2. mespiluses
  3. mespirenone
  4. mesple
  5. Mespots
  6. mesprise
  7. Mesquakie
  8. Mesquakies
  9. mesquit
  10. mesquite
  11. mesquite bean

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