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

1. To shame or lower one's societal place; to bring into ignominy.
2. (rare, euphemistic) To have extramarital (and often nonconsensual) sex with a woman.
3. (rare) To shame or humiliate a divinity or god.
4. (rare) To ruin, reduce, or devastate; to make into nothing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of disparagen (weak in -ed/suffixless)

infinitive	(to) disparagen, disparage
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	disparage	disparaged, disparage
2nd-person singular	disparagest	disparagedest, disparagest
3rd-person singular	disparageth	disparaged, disparage
subjunctive singular	disparage
imperative singular		—
plural1	disparagen, disparage	disparageden, disparagede, disparagen, disparage
imperative plural	disparageth, disparage	—
participles	disparagynge, disparagende	disparaged, disparage, ydisparaged

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: disparage (verb)

References

• “disparāǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.