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

One does not contemn Calne on account of its misfortunes, but it must always have been a slipshod place.

From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

The silly crowd, by factious teachers brought To think that faith untrue, their youth was taught, Run on in new opinions, blindly bold, Neglect, contemn, and then assault the old.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

Of course there is no harm in that, Especially As you get the ha'pennies, And far be it from me To contemn you for it.

From Outlook Odes by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)