contemn

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Crafty men," he says, "contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.

From Heresy: Its Utility And Morality A Plea And A Justification by Bradlaugh, Charles

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

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

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 Reeve, Sophia