contemn

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

From Time Magazine Archive

We must contemn all the vile, that are not under a relation to be honoured, and these also that are in that relation, in so far as they are vile.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

"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 Lever, Charles James

The King does not believe that I would contemn his commands--in his heart he does not, I am sure!

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

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