disparagen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === desparage, disparage, dysparage, dysperage, disperage, disperge, disparege === Etymology === From Old French disparagier; equivalent to disparage +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /disˌpaˈraːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /disˈparad͡ʒ(ə)/, /dɛs-/ === Verb === disparagen To shame or lower one's societal place; to bring into ignominy. (rare, euphemistic) To have extramarital (and often nonconsensual) sex with a woman. (rare) To shame or humiliate a divinity or god. (rare) To ruin, reduce, or devastate; to make into nothing. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: disparage (verb) ==== References ==== “disparāǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 April 2019.