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Webster 1913 Edition
Despise
De-spise′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Despised
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Despising
.] [OF.
despis-
, in some forms of despire
to despise, fr. L. despicere
, despectum
, to look down upon, despise; de-
+ spicere
, specere
, to look. See Spy
, and cf. Despicable
, Despite
.] To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.
Fools
despise
wisdom and instruction. Prov. i. 7.
Syn. – To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See
Contemn
. Webster 1828 Edition
Despise
DESPISE
, .v.t.1.
To contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have the lowest opinion of.Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. 1.
Else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Matt. 6.
2.
To abhor.