Defn: To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.
DISPRAISE
Dis*praise", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t.]
Defn: The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson.
DISPRAISER
Dis*prais"er, n.
Defn: One who blames or dispraises.
DISPRAISINGLY
Dis*praising*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of dispraise.
DISPREAD
Dis*pread", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + spread.]
Defn: To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.
DISPREAD
Dis*pread", v. i.