'Mesprise' definitions:
Definition of 'Mesprise'
From: GCIDE
- Mesprise \Mes*prise"\, n. [OF. mespris, F. m['e]pris. See Misprize.]
- 1. Contempt; scorn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Perh. for F. m['e]prise mistake. Cf. Misprision.] Misadventure; ill-success. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Mesquite