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misprize

[mis-prahyz] / mɪsˈpraɪz /




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It has become something of the mode to misprize Galsworthy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean

People are too apt to misprize this sort of politeness of mere habit; yet, as far as it goes, it is an excellent thing.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

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

From Tales from the Old French by Various




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