contemn

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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"

From Time Magazine Archive

You admire, but while you admire you wonder, you reprobate, you contemn.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

Still, Americans should feel a pang in acknowledging that even in the dark article of slave laws they are surpassed by a nation which they contemn.

From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward

If we contemn what others admire, we make ourselves odious; if we admire what they despise, we are equally ridiculous.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.