Dictionary entry

Misprize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mis‐prize″ (mĭs‐prīz″), v. t. [OF. mesprisier to deprise, F. mépriser; pref. amiss, wrong (L. minus less + LL. pretium price. See price, Prize, v.] To slight or undervalue.

O, for those vanished hours, so much misprized! Hillhouse.

I do not blame them, madam, nor misprize. Mrs. Browning.