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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISPRISE, MISPRIZE

v.t. 1. To mistake.
2. To slight or undervalue.
O for those vanish'd hours, so much mispris'd.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MISPRISE

MISPRISE Mis *prise ", v. t.

 

Defn: See Misprize. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

MISPRISE

Mis *prise ", v. t. Etym: [OF. mesprise mistake, F. méprise, fr. mespris, masc. , mesprise, fem. , p. p. of mesprendre to mistake; F. méprendre; pref. mes- amiss + prendre to take, L. prehendere.]

 

Defn: To mistake. [Obs. ] Shak.