dispraise

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dispraise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier,
     despreisier, F. d['e]priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier,
     F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf.
     Disprize, Depreciate.]
     To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or
     some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.
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           Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer.
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           I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked
           might not fall in love with him.         --Shak.
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  Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, n. [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise,
     v. t.]
     The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach;
     disparagement. --Dryden.
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           In praise and in dispraise the same.     --Tennyson.
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dispraise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dispraise
      n 1: the act of speaking contemptuously of [syn:
           disparagement, dispraise]