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Mesprise vs Misprize - What's the difference?

mesprise | misprize | Alternative forms |

Misprize is a alternative form of mesprise.



As nouns the difference between mesprise and misprize

is that mesprise is alternative form of misprize while misprize is contempt.

As verbs the difference between mesprise and misprize

is that mesprise is obsolete form of misprize while misprize is to despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue.

mesprise

English

Noun

    • Verb

    (head)

    • misprize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *mesprise *misprise

    Verb

    (mispriz)
  • To despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue.
  • *c. 1599 , (William Shakespeare), , First Folio 1621, III.1:
  • *:Nature neuer fram'd a womans heart,
  • *:Of prowder stuffe then that of Beatrice:
  • *:Disdaine and Scorne ride sparkling in her eyes,
  • *:Mis-prizing what they looke on […].

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete, rare) Contempt.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.9:
  • *:He ment to make them know their follies prise, / Had not those two him instantly desired / T'asswage his wrath, and pardon their mesprise […].

    • Related terms

    *misprision