The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. d['e]priser; 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.
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vb. (en-past of: dispraise)
Usage examples of "dispraised".
Because had he been upraised, and these self-same men had dispraised him, and with dispraise and scorn told the same things of him, I should never have been so inflamed and provoked to love him.
Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise-- His lot who dares be singularly good.
They have dreamt of each other in their quiet dreams, these children, and their little hearts have been nearly broken when the absent one has been dispraised in jest.