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Contemned
Contemn Con*temn" (k[o^]n*t[e^]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contemned (-t[e^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Contemning (-t[e^]m"n[i^]ng or -t[e^]m"[i^]ng).] [L. contemnere, -temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. --Milton. One who contemned divine and human laws. --Dryden. Syn: To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect; underrate; overlook. Usage: To Contemn, Despise, Scorn, Disdain. Contemn is the generic term, and is applied especially to objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to despise is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or worthless; to scorn is stronger, expressing a quick, indignant contempt; disdain is still stronger, denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or an abhorrence of what is base.
Contemner
Contemner Con*tem"ner (k[o^]n*t[e^]m"n[~e]r or -t[e^]m"[~e]r), n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. ``Contemners of the gods.' --South.

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- true Christian. As he put it in a letter to his father, "Till he be thus contemned, no man is in a state of salvation." On 14 October 1735, Wesley and his...
- judgment that, because of some moral or personal failing or defect, the contemned person has compromised his or her standing vis-à-vis an interpersonal...
- integumentis in re sacra. [...] Tu, Jove, hoc est Optimo Maximo Deo propitio, contemne tacitus deos minutos. Quum Jovem nomino, Christum intellige et verum Deum...
- to the king being then called Cavaliers, and the other of the rabble contemned and despised under the name of Roundheads." After the Anglican Archbishop...
- since hope is gone. Harke you shadowes that in darcknesse dwell, Learne to contemne light, Happie, happie they that in **** Feele not the worlds despite. Flow...
- of Life they changed into the Arts of Death in Albion. The hour-gl**** contemned because its simple workmanship Was like the workmanship of the Plowman...
- Nations, and by all strangers that come among you, to be scorned and contemned. A custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the...
- most distinguished among the Gentiles, because of his love of truth he contemned the ancestral worship of the gods. He has written also a Chronicle, extending...
- it is not to be corrupted; and called a pearl because it is not to be contemned. Pseudo-Chrysostom: Otherwise; That which is holy denotes baptism, the...
- respectable and to be respected. We dread both to be contemptible and to be contemned. But, upon coming into the world, we soon find that wisdom and virtue...