CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISPRISE
PRESENT
Present
I misprise
you misprise
he/she/it misprises
we misprise
you misprise
they misprise
Present continuous
I am misprising
you are misprising
he/she/it is misprising
we are misprising
you are misprising
they are misprising
Present perfect
I have misprised
you have misprised
he/she/it has misprised
we have misprised
you have misprised
they have misprised
Present perfect continuous
I have been misprising
you have been misprising
he/she/it has been misprising
we have been misprising
you have been misprising
they have been misprising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I misprised
you misprised
he/she/it misprised
we misprised
you misprised
they misprised
Past continuous
I was misprising
you were misprising
he/she/it was misprising
we were misprising
you were misprising
they were misprising
Past perfect
I had misprised
you had misprised
he/she/it had misprised
we had misprised
you had misprised
they had misprised
Past perfect continuous
I had been misprising
you had been misprising
he/she/it had been misprising
we had been misprising
you had been misprising
they had been misprising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will misprise
you will misprise
he/she/it will misprise
we will misprise
you will misprise
they will misprise
Future continuous
I will be misprising
you will be misprising
he/she/it will be misprising
we will be misprising
you will be misprising
they will be misprising
Future perfect
I will have misprised
you will have misprised
he/she/it will have misprised
we will have misprised
you will have misprised
they will have misprised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been misprising
you will have been misprising
he/she/it will have been misprising
we will have been misprising
you will have been misprising
they will have been misprising
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would misprise
you would misprise
he/she/it would misprise
we would misprise
you would misprise
they would misprise
Conditional continuous
I would be misprising
you would be misprising
he/she/it would be misprising
we would be misprising
you would be misprising
they would be misprising
Conditional perfect
I would have misprise
you would have misprise
he/she/it would have misprise
we would have misprise
you would have misprise
they would have misprise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been misprising
you would have been misprising
he/she/it would have been misprising
we would have been misprising
you would have been misprising
they would have been misprising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you misprise
we let´s misprise
you misprise
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
misprised
Present Participle
misprising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISPRISE»
Discover the use of
misprise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
misprise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Drama of the English Republic, 1649-1660: Plays and ...
100 Those who hereafter on our legend look And value us by that which we have
took May over-reckon it, and us misprise. Our dangerous course through storms
and raging floods, And painful march through unfrequented woods, 105 Will ...
1. 2. 115. Nay, you take him too quickly, Marcus. This appears to mean: 'You
jump to a conclusion and interrupt him too quickly.' 1. 2. 119. Mis-prize? In this
instance, misprise is merely to misconstrue. But one did not have to be a law
student in ...
Ben Jonson, Herbert Samuel Mallory, 1616
3
The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Shakespeare. spri'sed ( p. from misprise, but now groivn obsolete) nistaken ;
despised. Shakespeare, spri'sing ( p. a. from misprise, but now grown obsolete)
vlistaking, despising. Shakespeare. spris'ion (i. pom misprise, a iaiv term) A
neglect, ...
4
The Works of William Shakespeare
76. miser, a miserable creature, a wretch : Decrepit miser, v. 75. misery, avarice :
he covets less Than misery itself would give, vi. 170. misprise, to undervalue : /
am altogether misprised, iii. 9 ; your reputation shall not therefore be misprised, iii
.
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce, 1867
5
Encyclopædia Metropolitana; Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
Aprize is something taken ; and, consequently, valued ; to prize is, thus, to value,
to esteem highly : hence misprise is to set a wrong price or value upon, to value
too little, to disesteem, to disregard, to disrespect, to neglect, to contemn.
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
6
The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology
Misprise, Misprise, to slight (F.- L.) In As You Like It, '• '- '77-- O. F. mespriser, 'to
disesteem, contemn;' Cot.-O. F. mts-, badly; Low l^pretiare, to prize, esteem, from
L. pretium, price. See Mi*- (a) and Fries. Mleprisipn, a mistake, neglect (F.-L.) ...
7
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Prefix mis, wrong, wrongly+PLACE, PRINT (See PRESS). misprise.SeePRICE.
misprision. See PREHEND, para11. misprize, occ misprise. As'to misvalue' (usu
prize),it=mis, amiss+'to prize'‚ q.v. at PRICE;as 'to misunderstand',it=mis+aF ...
8
A Game at Chess: Thomas Middleton
How you misprise! This is not meant to you-ward. You that are wound up to the
height of feeding By clime and custom are dispensed withal; 65 You may eat kid,
cabrito, calf and tuns, 61. shall] B-H; should Tr. 62. If . . . should] B-H; were I to Tr.
Thomas Middleton, T. H. Howard-Hill, 1997
9
Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Comprehending a Complete ...
See Feu- rum and Arsenicum. To MISPLA'CE. o. a. {mis and place.) To put in a
wrong place {South). To MISPRISE, v. a. Obsolete. 1. To mistake {Shakspcare). 2.
To slight; to scorn ; to despise {Shakspeare). MISPRISION, s. (from misprise.) 1.
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth, 1813
10
Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
To MISPRISE, v. a. Obsolete. 1. To mistake (Shakspcare). 2. To slight; to scorn ;
to despise (Shakspcare). MISPRISION, s. (from misprise.) 1. Scorn; contempt: not
in use (Shakspcare). 2. Mistake; misconception : not in use (Gta.) 3. (In common ...
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, 1819
