DESPISE
\dɪspˈa͡ɪz], \dɪspˈaɪz], \d_ɪ_s_p_ˈaɪ_z]\
Definitions of DESPISE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
By Princeton University
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look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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