misprize

Example Sentences

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They misrepresent the U. S. at Oxford and misprize it at home.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has become something of the mode to misprize Galsworthy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet she would not speak her thought, lest he should misprize her.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

Yet I would not misprize the cats of Seville, which apparently have their money price.

From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean

Such honor, it seems probable, will soon be the reward of civic virtue in women as well as men, and we hope women will not misprize it.

From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean