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

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

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)

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.