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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
contemn .
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Examples
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Thou hast often offended thy antients, and especially me that am thy mother, thou hast pierced mee with thy darts thou contemnest me as a widow, neither dost t thou regard thy valiant and invincible father, and to anger me more, thou art amorous of harlots and wenches: hot I will cause that thou shalt shortly repent thee, and that this marriage shal be dearely bought.
The Golden Asse Lucius Apuleius
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Thow fals Heretyk, runiagate, tratour, and theif, deceavar of the people, dispysest the holy Churches, and in lyik case contemnest my Lord
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Thow fals Heretike contemnest Fasting, and sayest, thow shouldest not fast.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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By the bye, know, O thou devourer of grapes, who contemnest the vulgar gooseberry, that thou art not singular in thy devouring -- _nec tam aversus equos sol jungit
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) 1824
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Thou hast often offended thy antients, and especially me that am thy mother, thou hast pierced mee with thy darts thou contemnest me as a widow, neither dost t thou regard thy valiant and invincible father, and to anger me more, thou art amorous of harlots and wenches: hot I will cause that thou shalt shortly repent thee, and that this marriage shal be dearely bought.
The Golden Asse 1566
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"Impious boy," cried they with the censers, "we will offer thee up, before the very image thou contemnest.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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