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misprise

misprise is the alternative spelling of misprize.

Meaning of misprize

Verb

misprize (third-person singular simple present misprizes, present participle misprizing, simple past and past participle misprized)

  1. To despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue.
    • Nature neuer fram'd a womans heart,
      Of prowder stuffe then that of Beatrice:
      Disdaine and Scorne ride sparkling in her eyes,
      Mis-prizing what they looke on […]1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Forms of misprise

third-person singular presentmisprises
present participlemisprising
past participlemisprised
pastmisprised

Questions about misprise

What is misprise the alternative spelling of?
Misprise is the alternative spelling of misprize.

Words near misprise in the dictionary

  1. misprioritize
  2. misprioritized
  3. misprioritizes
  4. misprioritizing
  5. misprisal
  6. misprise
  7. misprised
  8. misprises
  9. misprising
  10. misprision
  11. misprisions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misprise (page history and authors); misprize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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