despected

Verb

despect (third-person singular simple present despects, present participle despecting, simple past and past participle despected)

1. (archaic) To hold in contempt, to despise, to look down on, to scorn.
   • [Act II, scene ii, page 72] Nay, but with patience, Sir, we that are Officers / Muſt 'quire the ſpeciall markes, and all the tokens / Of the deſpected parties, or perhaps – elſe, / Be nere the nere of our purpoſe in 'prehending 'hem.
     [Act III, scene i, page 79] Faith Goſſip Turfe, you have, you...c. 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy Composed by Ben: Iohnson. … London, Printed M.DC.XL [1640], in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. Containing these Playes, viz. 1...

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