vilipend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vilipend	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vilipend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vilipend v belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" Synonym(s): deprecate, depreciate, vilipend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vilipend \Vil"ipend\, v. t. [L. vilipendere; vilis vile + pendere to weigh, to value: cf. F. vilipender.] To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise. To vilipend* the art of portrait painting. --Longfellow.