CONTEMN, verb transitive [Latin , 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; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. Psalms 15:4.
2. To slight; to neglect as unworthy of regard; to reject with disdain.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Psalms 10:13.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: Psalms 107:11.
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