contemn

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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)

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)

His Good Word for Everybody Indeed, he has a good word for everybody, and discerns laudable qualities in some whom the world has agreed to contemn and cast out.

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

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