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Webster 1913 Edition
Disparage
Dis-par′age
(?; 48)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disparaged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disparaging
.] [OF.
desparagier
, F. déparager
, to marry unequally; pref. des-
(L. dis-
) + F. parage
extraction, lineage, from L. par
equal, peer. See Peer
.] 1.
To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.
[Obs.]
Alas! that any of my nation
Should ever so foul
Should ever so foul
disparaged
be. Chaucer.
2.
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.
Those forbidding appearances which sometimes
disparage
the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury.
Syn. – To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See
Decry
. Dis′pa-rageˊ
,Noun.
Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Dissuaded her from such a
disparage
. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disparage
DISPARAGE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To marry one to another of inferior condition or rank; to dishonor by an unequal match or marriage, against the rules of decency.2.
To match unequally; to injure or dishonor by union with something of inferior excellence.3.
To injure or dishonor by a comparison with something of less value or excellence.4.
To treat with contempt; to undervalue; to lower in rank or estimation; to vilify; to bring reproach on; to reproach; to debase by words or actions; to dishonor.Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
Definition 2025
disparage
disparage
English
Noun
disparage (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
- But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
Translations
marriage
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Verb
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.
- Bishop Atterbury
- those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious
- Milton
- Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
- Bishop Atterbury
- To ridicule, mock, discredit.
Translations
to match unequally
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to dishonor by a comparison
to ridicule