disparagen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• desparage, disparage, dysparage, dysperage, disperage, disperge, disparege

Etymology

From Old French disparagier; equivalent to disparage +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˌpaˈraːdʒ(ə)/, /disˈparadʒ(ə)/, /dɛs-/

Verb

disparagen

1. To shame or lower one's societal place; to bring into ignominy.
2. (rare, euphemistic) To have extramarital (and often nonconsensual) sex with a woman.
3. (rare) To shame or humiliate a divinity or god.
4. (rare) To ruin, reduce, or devastate; to make into nothing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of disparagen (irregular weak)

infinitive	(to) disparagen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	disparage	disparagede, disparage
2nd person singular	disparagest	disparagedest, disparage(st)
3rd person singular	disparageþ, disparageth	disparagede, disparage
plural	disparagen	disparagede(n), disparage(n)
subjunctive	present	past
singular	disparage	disparagede, disparage
plural	disparagen	disparagede(n), disparage(n)
imperative	present
singular	disparage
plural	disparageþ, disparageth
participle	present	past
	disparagende, disparaginge	disparaged, ydisparaged, disparage

Descendants

• English: disparage (verb)

References

• “disparāǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.