BELITTLE


Meaning of BELITTLE in English

[be.lit.tle] vt -lit.tled ; -lit.tling (1797) 1: to speak slightingly of: disparage "~s her efforts"

2: to cause (a person or thing) to seem little or less syn see decry -- be.lit.tle.ment n -- be.lit.tler n

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