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despising, vbl. n.|dɪˈspaɪzɪŋ| [f. despise v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. despise; contempt, scorn.
1382Wyclif Ps. cxxii[i]. 3 Myche wee be fulfild with dispising. 1535Coverdale Neh. iv. 4 Yt thou mayest geue them ouer in to despisinge in the londe of their captiuite. 1659Gentl. Calling (1696) 33 Flatteries and Despisings being the two contrary elements, whereof he, whom they call a Fine Gentleman, is to be compounded. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 391 The despising of him was a despising of God, by whom he was sent. |