A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584-1593
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Disesteme, -ime, v. [e.m.E. disesteem (1594), F. désestimer.] tr. To contemn. —a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxii. 4.
To heir thair realme … discreditit, disdainit, and disestimit 1593 Warrender P. II. 208.
Nather is your Majestie blamit nor I disestemit
