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Definition of Misprise
1. v. t. See Misprize.
2. v. t. To mistake.
Definition of Misprise
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of misprize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misprise
1. to undervalue [v MISPRISED, MISPRISING, MISPRISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misprise
Literary usage of Misprise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A mistake in printing ; a typographical error. misprise't, n. and r. ...
misprise me not ; I will trample on the heart, on the soul of him that shall say I ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"misprise, to mistake ; ' misprise me not', B. Jonson, Case is Altered, iii.
3 (Maximilian). ..."
3. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"131. misprise, to undervalue: / am altogether ... 5- 74- misprise, to mistake:
You spend your passion on a ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"772 b. From Mis- ( i ) and Print. Der. misprint, sb. misprise ... was ignorantly
confused with misprise, and wrongly used in the sense of contempt. ..."
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