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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despise.

Etymologies

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From despise +‎ -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix

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Examples

  • a state of impurity, but to Holiness; and he that despiseth that calling despiseth not man, but God.

    Standards of Life and Service Thomas Henry Howard 1886

  • The bible's golden rule of love thy neighbour as thyself has become hate thy neighbour as thou 'despiseth' no other.

    of course, I could be wrong... 2009

  • And if thou give him less, the same will say, ‘He despiseth me and giveth me less than he gave the fisherman.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Holderness — Why, what! because thou art a misproud bird, and despiseth thine own natural lineage, and rufflest in unpaid silks and velvets, and keepest company with gallants and cutters, must we lose our memory for that?

    The Monastery 2008

  • Christian, authorizeth despiseth the doctrine of Christ, which is not that which Bellarmine intendeth here to prove, but the contrary.

    Leviathan 2007

  • Quum infirmi sumus, optimi sumus; [3622] for what sick man (as [3623] Secundus expostulates with Rufus) was ever lascivious, covetous, or ambitious? he envies no man, admires no man, flatters no man, despiseth no man, listens not after lies and tales, &c.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • "He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me."

    Leviathan 2007

  • And there is no doubt but he that despiseth the counsel of those that are sent by Christ despiseth the counsel of Christ himself.

    Leviathan 2007

  • Christ; and he that despiseth the doctrine which his king, being a

    Leviathan 2007

  • A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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