Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disesteemed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disesteem \Dis`es*teem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disesteemed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disesteeming}.]
1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor
or slight contempt; to slight.

But if this sacred gift you disesteem. --Denham.

Qualities which society does not disesteem. --Ld.
Lytton.

2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to
be regarded with disfavor. [Obs.]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? --B.
Jonson.


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