Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-PRAISE'
DIS-PRAISE', n. [dispra'ze. dis and praise.]
- Blame; censure. Be cautious not to speak in dispraise of a competitor.
- Reproach; dishonor. The general has seen Moors with as bad faces; no dispraise to Bertran's. – Dryden.
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