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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Scorn
n.
1.
Extreme
and
lofty
contempt
;
haughty
disregard
;
that
disdain
which
springs
from
the
opinion
of
the
utter
meanness
and
unworthiness
of
an
object
.
Scorn
at
first
makes
after
love
the
more
.
--
Shak
.
And
wandered
backward
as
in
scorn
,
To
wait
an
aeon
to
be
born
. --
Emerson
.
2.
An
act
or
expression
of
extreme
contempt
.
Every
sullen
frown
and
bitter
scorn
But
fanned
the
fuel
that
too
fast
did
burn
. --
Dryden
.
3.
An
object
of
extreme
disdain
,
contempt
,
or
derision
.
Thou
makest
us
a
reproach
to
our
neighbors
,
a
scorn
and
a
derision
to
them
that
are
round
about
us
.
--
Ps
.
xliv
. 13.
To think scorn
,
to
regard
as
worthy
of
scorn
or
contempt
;
to
disdain
.
“He
thought
scorn
to
lay
hands
on
Mordecai
alone.”
--
Esther
iii
. 6.
To laugh to scorn
,
to
deride
;
to
make
a
mock
of
;
to
ridicule
as
contemptible
.
Syn:
--
Contempt
;
disdain
;
derision
;
contumely
;
despite
;
slight
;
dishonor
;
mockery
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Think
,
v. t.
1.
To
conceive
;
to
imagine
.
Charity
. . .
thinketh
no
evil
.
--
1
Cor
.
xiii
. 4,5.
2.
To
plan
or
design
;
to
plot
;
to
compass
. [
Obs
.]
So
little
womanhood
And
natural
goodness
,
as
to
think
the
death
Of
her
own
son
. --
Beau
. &
Fl
.
3.
To
believe
;
to
consider
;
to
esteem
.
Nor
think
superfluous
other's
aid
.
--
Milton
.
To think much
,
to
esteem
a
great
matter
;
to
grudge
. [
Obs
.]
“[He]
thought
not
much
to
clothe
his
enemies.”
--
Milton
.
To think scorn
.
(a)
To
disdain
. [
Obs
.]
“He
thought
scorn
to
lay
hands
on
Mordecai
alone.”
--
Esther
iii
. 6.
(b)
To
feel
indignation
. [
Obs
.]
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