tr.v. dis·praised, dis·prais·ing, dis·prais·es To express disapproval of; censure. n. Disapproval; censure. [Middle English dispreisen, from Old French despreiser, variant of desprisier, from Late Latin dēpretiāre; see DEPRECIATE.] dis·praiser n. dis·praising·ly adv. |
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