'Vilipend' definitions:

Definition of 'vilipend'

From: WordNet
verb
Belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" [syn: deprecate, depreciate, vilipend]

Definition of 'Vilipend'

From: GCIDE
  • Vilipend \Vil"i*pend\, v. t. [L. vilipendere; vilis vile + pendere to weigh, to value: cf. F. vilipender.] To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise. [1913 Webster]
  • To vilipend the art of portrait painting. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

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