'Vilipend' definitions:
Definition of 'vilipend'
(from WordNet)
verb
Belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" [syn: deprecate, depreciate, vilipend]
Definition of 'Vilipend'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To vilipend the art of portrait painting. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]