contemn

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Young man, there is a mysterious system of ethics which the world understands not—the reputed wise, subtleize it, and the vainly wicked contemn and despise it.

From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)

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

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)

Surely all this was enough to make one despair and contemn the whole idea of intercourse with spirits… But Jessie suddenly became aware of a basic illogicality in her position.

From Across the Stream by Benson, Edward Frederic