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  1. 1. v. t. To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. the act of speaking contemptuously of Source: wordnet
  4. 4. To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak. The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson. Source: webster
  5. 5. To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or somedegree of censure; to disparage; to blame.Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer.I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall inlove with him. Shak. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n the act of speaking contemptuously of Source: ecdict

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