disparagen

Middle English

From Old French disparagier; equivalent to disparage +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

disparagen

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

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	disparaged, disparage
imperative singular	disparage	—

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.

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

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