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underprizes

underprizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underprize.

Meaning of underprize

Verb

underprize (third-person singular simple present underprizes, present participle underprizing, simple past and past participle underprized)

  1. (transitive) To undervalue; to underestimate.
    • […] Yet look, how far / The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow / In underprizing it, so far this shadow / Doth limp behind the substance.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about underprizes

What is underprizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underprizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underprize.

Words near underprizes in the dictionary

  1. underprivilege
  2. underprivileged
  3. underprivilegedness
  4. underprize
  5. underprized
  6. underprizes
  7. underprizing
  8. underprocess
  9. underprocessed
  10. underprocesses
  11. underprocessing

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