contemn

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Contemn a mean act; but do not always condemn the actor.

From McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book by McGuffey, William Holmes

The passive toad now only can Contemn and suffer.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard

Contemn and slight this as it please thee: nevertheless, he has neither slave nor store.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Contemn, kon-tem′, v.t. to despise: to neglect, to disregard.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

See her proud steed majestically prance, Contemn the trumpet, and deride the lance!

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton