disparage

From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- + parage (“equal rank, rank”).

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/

disparage (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:

     But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […]

disparage (third-person singular simple present disparages, present participle disparaging, simple past and past participle disparaged)

1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. 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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Bishop Atterbury?)

     those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious

   • (Can we date this quote by Milton?)

     Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.

3. To ridicule, mock, discredit. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• vilipend
• belittle
• denigrate
• excoriate

• disparage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disparage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disparage at OneLook Dictionary Search

From Old French desparage; equivalent to dis- +‎ parage.

• dysperage, disperage, desparage

• IPA^(key): /disˌpaˈraːdʒ(ə)/, /disˈparadʒ(ə)/, /dɛs-/

disparage (uncountable) (rare)

1. Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
2. Ignominy, shame; the state of lacking respect.

• English: disparage

• “disparāǧe, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.

From Old French desparagier.

disparage

1. Alternative form of disparagen