Dis`es*teem" (?), n.
Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.
Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs.
Milton.
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Dis`es*teem", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disesteemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming.]
1.
To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.
But if this sacred gift you disesteem.
Denham.
Qualities which society does not disesteem.
Ld. Lytton.
2.
To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor.
[Obs.]
What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed?
B. Jonson.
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