Contemned

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of contemn form-of, participle, past

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denieddespiseddisapproveddiscardeddismisseddisowned

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"His ideas were more fierce and free; and he contemned many of the opinions which had been inculcated upon her as chiefly demanding her veneration."

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