contemn
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"Did not William Blake contemn reason and paint the ghost of a flea?"
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
Speaking contemptuously of him, I but contemn nothing.
From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.