contemn

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"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

I hope not; for then those who contemn it must do the same by the vaunted Rose, and the rich Carnation; for where do they blow better than in the daisy-bordered flower-beds of the poor?

From Mirror of the Months by Patmore, Peter George

What right," she asked herself, "has this man to undervalue and contemn my purpose?

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

It is for her to respect not to contemn her great coadjutor.

From Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study by Leonard, Arthur Glyn