disparage
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From Middle English < Old French desparager < des- + parage (“‘equal rank, rank’”).
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disparage (uncountable)
- Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
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marriage
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to disparage (third-person singular simple present disparages, present participle disparaging, simple past and past participle disparaged)
- To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
- To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
- To ridicule, mock, discredit.
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to match unequally
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to dishonor by a comparison
to ridicule
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[edit] See also
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- disparage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- disparage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- disparage at OneLook® Dictionary Search
