How to pronounce“contemn”in English
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Definitions of “contemn”
To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
“The subject of the following History [...] is the unhappy Lives, and untimely Deaths, of that Unfortunate English King Edward the Second, and his two Favourites Gaveston and Spencer; for his immoderate love to whom, (Says Dr. Heylin) he was hated by the Nobles, and contemned by the Commons.”
To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).
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