vilipend

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vilipend - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vilipend \Vil"i*pend\, v. t. [L. vilipendere; vilis vile +
     pendere to weigh, to value: cf. F. vilipender.]
     To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise.
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           To vilipend the art of portrait painting. --Longfellow.
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vilipend - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vilipend
      v 1: belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's
           efforts" [syn: deprecate, depreciate, vilipend]