contemn

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps it was due to perseverance having been rewarded and to having gained a lodging that, hungry though they were, they began to contemn their supply of bread.

From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville

As Æneas says, “Capistrano had despised the pomps of the world, he had fled from its delights, he had trampled down avarice, he had overcome lust, but he could not contemn glory.”

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

It is for her to respect not to contemn her great coadjutor.

From Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study by Leonard, Arthur Glyn

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 Benson, Edward Frederic