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CONTEMN, L., to despise to drive away.

1. To despise to consider and treat as mean and despicable to scorn.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned. Psalms 15 .

2. To slight to neglect as unworthy of regard to reject with disdain.

Wherefore do the wicked contemn God. Psalms 10 .

They contemn the counsel of the Most High. Psalms 107 .

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Entry for 'Contemn'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/contemn.html.
 
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