(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:17:04

Vil"i*pend (?), v. t. [L. vilipendere; vilis vile + pendere to weigh, to value: cf. F. vilipender.]

To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise.

To vilipend the art of portrait painting. Longfellow.

 

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