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
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 Dryden, John
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
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
