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Definition of Mesprise

1. n. Contempt; scorn.

Definition of Mesprise

1. scorn [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesprise

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Literary usage of Mesprise

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1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Then, if all fayle, we will by force it win, And eke reward the wretch for his mesprise. Spenser, FQ, III. ix. ..."

2. The Manuscripts of J. Eliot Hodgkin, Esq., F. S. A. of Richmond, Surrey by John Eliot Hodgkin, Samuel Pepys, Gascoigne, John Cordy Jeaffreson (1897)
"... a quelques amis le quel estoit mesprise par Sandys : le dit ... le quel estoit aussy mesprise par Mr. Sandys. Neantmoins il n'estoit pas quelque ..."

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