To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…
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Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…
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An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evi…
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The side of the face below the eye.
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The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
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Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.
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The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.
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The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
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The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.
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Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.
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The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
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The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of mod…
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The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
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The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.
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An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
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Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
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The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.
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To attain; to get act; to hit.
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The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
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Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
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To strike against; to attack; to assail.
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A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of t…
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To pass over or beyond; to surpass.
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To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.
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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.
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The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
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Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
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Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.
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To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
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To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
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To bring back; to restore.
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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…
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The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.
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Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
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Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
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Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.
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Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.
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The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
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Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
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Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.
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To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…
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To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…
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To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
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To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
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To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.
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To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.
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