DISPRAISE

dispraise. Dispraise, n. blame, censure, reproach, disgrace

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Dis‐praise″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] [[OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; 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. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.