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Webster 1913 Edition

Dispraise

Dis-praise′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dispraised
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dispraising
.]
[OE.
dispreisen
, OF.
desprisier
,
despreisier
, F.
dépriser
; 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.
Shakespeare

Dis-praise′

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
despris
. See
Dispraise
,
Verb.
T.
]
The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.
Dryden.
In praise and in
dispraise
the same.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dispraise

DISPRAISE

,
Noun.
Dispraze. [dis and praise.]
1.
Blame; censure. Be cautious not to speak in dispraise of a competitor.
2.
Reproach; dishonor.
The general has seen Moors with as bad faces; no dispraise to Bertrans.

DISPRAISE

,
Verb.
T.
To blame; to censure; to mention with disapprobation, or some degree of reproach.
I dispraised him before the wicked.

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