misprize
21Underestimation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Underestimation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 underestimation underestimation Sgm: N 1 depreciation depreciation &c.(detraction) 934 Sgm: N 1 pessimism pessimism pessimist Sgm: N 1 undervaluing undervaluing &c. >V …
22Disrespect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disrespect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disrespect disrespect disesteem disestimation Sgm: N 1 disparagement disparagement &c.(dispraise) 932 =>(detraction) ???>934 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 irreverence irreverence …
23mis|prise — «mihs PRYZ», transitive verb, prised, pris|ing. = misprize. (Cf. ↑misprize) …
24mis|prize — «mihs PRYZ», transitive verb, prized, priz|ing. 1. to value too little; undervalue; slight: »Not that I have any call to misprize the event…since it launched me upon a commercial career (New Yorker). 2. to despise; scorn: » …
25Mesprise — Mes*prise , n. [OF. mespris, F. m[ e]pris. See {Misprize}.] 1. Contempt; scorn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. [Perh. for F. m[ e]prise mistake. Cf. {Misprision}.] Misadventure; ill success. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
26Misprise — Mis*prise , v. t. See {Misprize}. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
27Misprision — Mis*pri sion, n. [LL. misprisio, or OF. mesprison, prop., a mistaking, but confused with OF. mespris contempt, F. m[ e]pris. See 2d {Misprise}, {Misprize}, {Prison}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception;… …
28Misprision of felony — Misprision Mis*pri sion, n. [LL. misprisio, or OF. mesprison, prop., a mistaking, but confused with OF. mespris contempt, F. m[ e]pris. See 2d {Misprise}, {Misprize}, {Prison}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of misprising; misapprehension;… …
29Misprision of treason — Misprision Mis*pri sion, n. [LL. misprisio, or OF. mesprison, prop., a mistaking, but confused with OF. mespris contempt, F. m[ e]pris. See 2d {Misprise}, {Misprize}, {Prison}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of misprising; misapprehension;… …
30misprision — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French mesprisun error, wrongdoing, from mesprendre to take by mistake, from mes mis + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to seize more at get Date: 15th century 1. a. neglect or wrong performance …
