vilipend

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Collins 'editors know that old words die hard - and that some people will vilipend (regard with contempt) any execution without a fair trial.

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  1. transitive verb To view or treat with contempt; despise.
  2. transitive verb To speak ill of; disparage.

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  1. Middle English vilipenden, from Old French vilipender, from Latin vīlipendere : vīlis, worthless; see wes-3 in Indo-European roots + pendere, to consider, weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French vilipender = Italian vilipendere (cf. Spanish vilipendiar, from vilipendio, n.), from Latin vilipendere, hold of slight value, deprecate, deprive, from vilis, of small price, + pendere, weigh, weigh out: seevile and pendent.
 

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/ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/
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