Part 3256

<syn>Syn. -- To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See <er>Decry</er>.</syn>

<h1>Disparage</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis"pa*rage`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Dissuaded her from such a <b>disparage</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disparagement</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*par"age*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>desparagement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>And thought that match a foul <b>disparagement</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote>It ought to be no <b>disparagement</b> to a star that it is not the sun. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Imitation IS A <b>disparagement</b> and a degradation in a Christian minister. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.</syn>

<h1>Disparager</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*par"a*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.</def>

<h1>Disparagingly</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*par"a*ging*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.</def>

<h1>Disparate</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis"pa*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disparatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>disparare</ets> to part, separate; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>parare</ets> to make ready, prepare.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Unequal; dissimilar; separate.</def>

<blockquote>Connecting <b>disparate</b> thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Pertaining to two co\'94rdinate species or divisions.</def>

<h1>Disparates</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis"pa*rates</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.</def>

<h1>Disparition</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis`pa*ri"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>disparition</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of disappearing; disappearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Disparity</h1> <Xpage=428>