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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1550-1590
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Dispris(e, -pryse, n. Also: dispryis, -price. [f. Dispris(e,v. Cf. OF. despris.] Blame, censure, disparagement. — c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i. 676.
Gif ony man hes done to thé vnricht, In word or deid, schawing ony dispryis c1550 Ib. ii. 61.
Ȝe haif done greit disprice c1550 Ib. 656.
Of Venus he wald get greit disprise c1550 Ib. 764.
That be the way I may eschew dispris a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xxxv. 188.
Socrates wyise thocht na dispryis To leirn at hir prudence c1590 Fowler II. 131/27.
Being holden for effeminat, … and consequentlye fallen in the suddart[is] contempt and dispryse
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