Meanings (ES + gloss)
denigrar • menospreciar
To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage…
Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
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