contemn
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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"
From Time Magazine Archive
"We can scarcely contemn the hardihood of a Government that has made Crofton a bishop, and Hawes a general," said Helen, with a flashing eye and a lip curled in superciliousness.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
Surely all this was enough to make one despair and contemn the whole idea of intercourse with spirits… But Jessie suddenly became aware of a basic illogicality in her position.
From Across the Stream by Edward Frederic Benson
Poor thou marriedst my Louise; I therefore believe thou dost love her; and let not the remembrance of her mother ever induce thee to slight or contemn her.
From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Sophia Reeve
Do you my person and my gift contemn?
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden
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