† besparagev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To disparage.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
low1340
dispraisec1386
minish1402
deroge1427
detractc1449
descryc1450
detrayc1475
dismerit1484
decline1509
vilipend1509
disprize?1518
disable1528
derogatea1530
elevate1541
disparagea1556
detrect1563
debase1565
demerit1576
vilify1586
disgrace1589
detracta1592
besparage1592
enervate1593
obtrect1595
extenuate1601
disvalue1605
disparagon1610
undervalue1611
avile1615
debaucha1616
to cry down1616
debate1622
decry1641
atomize1645
underrate1646
naucify1653
dedignify1654
stuprate1655
de-ample1657
dismagn1657
slur1660
voguec1661
depreciate1666
to run down1671
baffle1674
lacken1674
sneer1706
diminish1712
substract1728
down1780
belittle1789
carbonify1792
to speak scorn of1861
to give one a back-cap1903
minoritize1947
mauvais langue1952
rubbish1953
down-talk1959
marginalize1970
marginate1970
trash1975
neg1987
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D That these men..should come to be Sparage Gentlemen, & chuff-headed Burghomasters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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v.1592- to keep to windward of
- to keep together
- to keep touch
- to keep tout
- to keep trace of
- to keep track
- to keep under
- to keep under awe
- to keep under key
- to keep under one's hat
- to keep ungone
- to keep up
- to keep up often keeping up with the jones's
- to keep up often keeping up with the joneses
- to keep up the reparation
- to keep up the reparations
- to keep up to
- to keep up with the jones's
- to keep up with the joneses
- to keep vigil or vigils
- to keep vile company
- to keep walk to heel
- to keep watch
- to keep watch of
- to keep way