Defn: In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.
DISPARATE Dis"pa*rate, a. Etym: [L. disparatus, p. p. of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.]
1. Unequal; dissimilar; separate. Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. Coleridge.
2. (Logic)
Defn: Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.
DISPARATES
Dis"pa*rates, n. pl.
Defn: Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.
DISPARITION
Dis`pa*ri"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. disparition.]
Defn: Act of disappearing; disappearance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
DISPARITY
Dis*par"i*ty, n.; pl. Disparities. Etym: [LL. disparitas, fr. L.
dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparité. See Par,
Peer.]