disvalue en · NOUN
Etymology
From dis- + value.
Meanings
- harm, demerit
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
disvalue en · VERB
Etymology
From dis- + value.
Meanings
- To regard something as having little or no value.
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To undervalue; to depreciate.
[…] five years since there was some speech of marriage Betwixt myself and her; which was broke off, Partly for that her promised proportions Came short of composition, but in chief For that her reputation was disvalued In levity […]
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disvalues | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disvaluing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disvalued | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disvalued | Tense=Past | lexicographic |