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▪ I. † despect, n. Obs.|dɪˈspɛkt|
Also 7 dis-.
[ad. L. dēspectus a looking down upon, f. ppl. stem of dēspicĕre: see next. Cf. OF. despecte contempt:—L. type *dēspecta; also Rouchi dialect despect contempt, want of respect.]
1. A looking down upon; contempt.
1624F. White Repl. Fisher 383 The high conceit you haue of your Roman Seruice, and the partiall respect, or rather despect, you carrie against ours. 1682J. Scarlett Exchanges 126 Its no dispect or discredit to any to suffer a Bill to be protested for Non-acceptance. a1834Coleridge Lit. Rem. I. 357 A jeweller may devote his whole time to jewels unblamed; but the mere amateur, who grounds his task on no chemical or geological idea, cannot claim the same exemption from despect.
2. nonce-use. Downward view.
1663Baxter Divine Life 362 A larger prospect and vertiginous despect of the lower grounds.
▪ II. † despect, a. Obs.|dɪˈspɛkt|
[ad. L. dēspectus, pa. pple. of dēspicĕre to look down upon, f. de- I. 1 + *specĕre to look.]
Looked down upon; despised.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. vi, Vile & despecte to hymself. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 280 Þe more despect thyng were..And þe more contemtyble. |