Dĭs’es-teem’1, n.
n. [Prefix dĭs and esteem, q. v.] Want of esteem; low regard, inclining to dislike; disfavor. Milton.
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Disesteem
Dĭs'es-teem'2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISESTEEMED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISESTEEMING.]
Sense 1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disapproval or disfavor; to slight. “Qualities which society does not disesteem.” Bulwer.
But if this sacred gift you disesteem. Denham.
Sense 2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor.
What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed, Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? B. Jonson.