dispraise
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Dispraise, dis-prāz′, n. blame: reproach: dishonour.—v.t. to blame: to censure.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Dispraise my health, my honesty, and tell her I am jealous.
From A King, and No King by Fletcher, John
Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise or blame,--nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph
“Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,—nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.”
From The Carleton Case by Clark, Ellery H.
To speak well or ill of ’em wou’d be equally Ridiculous and Dangerous: For it must be all Invention, and I might then abuse a Man both in my Praise and Dispraise.
From Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley (1712) and The British Academy (1712) by Landa, Louis A.
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