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contemn

[kuhn-tem] / kənˈtɛm /
VERB
despise
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He threepit that it was me that set the dogs on, but I never did that, though I didna conter him.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)




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