regardn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈɡɑːd/, U.S.

/rəˈɡɑrd/,

/riˈɡɑrd/

Forms: Middle English ragarde, Middle English regart, Middle English–1600s regarde, Middle English–1700s reguard, Middle English– regard, late Middle English regrard (transmission error), 1600s reguarde, 1900s– regaird (Irish English (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 regair, pre-1700 regairde, pre-1700 regarde, pre-1700 regarid, pre-1700 regaurd, pre-1700 reguaird, pre-1700 regwaird, pre-1700 1700s reguard, pre-1700 1700s– regaird, pre-1700 1700s– regard.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reguard, regard.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman reguard, reguarde, Anglo-Norman and Middle French regard, regart, etc. (also reward , etc. reward n.; French regard ) look, glance, gaze (late 10th cent. in Old French), worry, apprehension, fear (12th cent.), attention paid to a person or thing (first half of the 12th cent.), reflection, circumspection, caution (1139 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), controller, administrator, governor (late 12th or early 13th cent.), aspect, view, inspection, examination, aspect of a planet (all second half of the 13th cent.), remuneration, payment (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), right to carry out an official inspection of a forest (1278 in Anglo-Norman), reward (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), consideration, purpose, boundary (of a forest) (all second half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), official inspection of a forest (early 15th cent.), respect (mid 15th cent.), opinion (second half of the 15th cent.) < regarder regard v. Compare post-classical Latin regardum (jurisdiction or fine of) forest inspection or court (frequently from c1160 in British sources; frequently from c1180 as reguardum , also as reguarda ), reward, payment (frequently from 1248 in British sources). Compare also Old Occitan regart , Catalan reguard (13th cent. as reguart ), Spanish reguardo (1251), Italian riguardo (a1276). Compare reward n.With to take regard to (at sense 1b) compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French prendre regard à to pay attention to (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French in this sense). With to have regard to (at sense 3a) compare Middle French avoir regard à to take care of, to look after (late 15th cent. in this sense), prendre regard à to watch over (someone) (1530 in this sense). With in regard of (at Phrases 1a) compare Anglo-Norman a regard de and Middle French, French au regard de with respect to, concerning (1300 in this sense). With in regard of (at Phrases 2a) compare Anglo-Norman a regard de and Middle French, French au regard de in comparison with (early 13th cent. in this sense), and also Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French en regard de in comparison with (second half of the 13th cent. in this sense).

I. Senses relating to attention, estimation, or affection.

a. In singular and plural. In early use: †detailed consideration of a problem or question (obsolete). Later: notice taken of a person or thing; close attention. Now rare or passing into sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun] > attention to, consideration

regard1348

considerationc1386

circumspection1387

insight1390

mentionc1390

mindingc1449

religiousnessa1475

supervising?a1475

regarding1496

sussy1513

remorse1514

respectc1530

carec1540

re-look1855

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun]

i-mindOE

studyinglOE

mindc1300

bethinking1340

poring1340

regard1348

weighingc1380

contemplationc1390

advisementa1393

deliberationa1393

advicec1405

reckoninga1413

visement?1414

considerancec1420

advisenessc1425

revolutionc1425

rewardc1432

mind-takingc1449

umbethinkingc1450

advisednessc1475

considering1483

beholding1530

meditationa1535

pondering1535

cogitation?1542

expending1545

ponderation1556

perpending1558

well weighing1566

surview1576

reflex1593

revolve1595

lucubration1596

agitation1600

perpension1612

vizamenta1616

pensitation1623

perpensation1623

perpendment1667

ruminating1668

commentationa1670

revolving1670

reflectiona1674

introspectiona1676

propendencya1676

ponderment1728

chawing1845

1348 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 4 (MED) If any apprentise..trespasse anothir tyme, be he punishid bi the regard of the Craft.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 180 Touchand the quhilk debate, thare is grete regarde, and avis.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 261 By the aduise and regarde of the frenche kyng, and of his Counsaile.

1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror Ded. sig. ¶ij^v The reach of my duetie..simply laboreth to publish these regards, that common faults may be amended.

1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde To Rdr. sig. B3 This man, like a madde dogge runneth at euerie man without regarde.

1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 390 If he see..an horse come neere vnto him, he neuer taketh regard who rides him.

1665 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) ii. §3. 75 We shall accordingly observe Omens..to command the most solemn regards of Persons, whose Imagination is more busie and active then their Reason.

1675 tr. W. Camden Hist. Princess Elizabeth (rev. ed.) iii. 280 Beseeching him that these my..Lamentations may now at length find Regard with you.

1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xvii. 536 Creatures..so much beneath his regards.

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §3 They no sooner appear, than quick as lightening the thing signified succeeds, and engrosses all our regard.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 103 Socrates was the only one, whose regards were fixed upon the mind.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 661 The conduct pursued by the Governor-General is the next object of regard.

1820 W. Jay Prayers 322 We..implore thy favorable regards to the privileged country in which we live.

1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. i. 7 There is no special concentration of regard upon the language.

b. Chiefly with to, for, †that. Attention or heed paid to a person or thing, as having an effect or influence on action or conduct; respect or deference due to an authority, principle, etc. Originally in to have (also †make, take) regard to or † that. Occasionally in plural (Caribbean in later use). Frequently in negative contexts: cf. Phrases 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun]

gomec1175

thoughtc1175

tenta1300

curec1300

intentc1320

keepa1325

heed1357

attendancec1374

attentionc1374

aspect1393

marka1400

notea1400

advertencea1413

markingc1443

regard1457

advertisementc1487

noticec1487

attent?a1500

advertation?c1500

respect1509

garda1569

intendiment1590

on-waiting1590

attend1594

tendment1597

attending1611

fixationa1631

adversion1642

heeding1678

attendancya1680

perpensity1704

observe1805

intending1876

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)]

haveeOE

weenc1000

praisec1250

setc1374

set by1393

endaunt1399

prizec1400

reverencec1400

tender1439

repute1445

to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457

to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475

pricec1480

to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483

force1509

to look upon ——c1515

to have (also hold) in estimationc1522

to make reckoning of1525

esteem1530

regard1533

to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540

value1549

to make dainty of (anything)1555

reckon1576

to be struck on1602

agrade1611

respect1613

beteem1627

appreciate1648

to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665

to think small beer of1816

to think the world of1826

existimate1847

reckon1919

rate1973

1457 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 86 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 Summe personnes of you hauyng no Regard that my lord ys your foundour..laboure the contrarie of my said lordes entent.

c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 223 Well aught they to haue regarde [a1500 Rawl. take hede] to that is said.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 26 My herte Iugeth that ye shall haue grete Regard vnto my good wil.

1512 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 195 When I remembre the small regarde that dyvers made unto the saide lettyr.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 231 Thei tooke no regarde vnto his woordes, but persisted in their querele & noyse makyng.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. vj^v [He] had to little regarde to the Byshop of Rome his authoritie.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 53 Without regard that he had but the other day worne vpon his head the imperiall crowne.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 16 Fearing the Deitie, With some regard to what is just and right.

1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. Ded. sig. Aiv I now attempt to express my infinite Regards and Veneration of Your Grace's Transcendent Undertakings.

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) ciii. iv So much his boundless Love transcends The small Regards that we can pay.

1764 Museum Rusticum 2 lix. 171 When I sow vetches before wheat, I always, in the spending my crop, have regard to the condition of my land.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 679 Disclaiming all regard For mercy and the common rights of man.

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 288 Due regard was paid to the feelings..of the people.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 31 A divine lawgiver must surely have had regard to all the different kinds of virtue.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience x. 218 I attended, but paid no regard to what he said in his prayer, but continued praying in those words of the Psalm.

1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xvi. 93 Out of a tactful regard for his feelings, nobody had told him.

1973 Montserrat Mirror 13 Apr. 2 A prison should be a community within a community, with a disciplined approach to work and living [and] with regards for good work.

1988 Music & Lett. 69 561 Lassus shows no regard for the Counter-Reformation principles of Trent in his selection of basic material.

1992 UNESCO Courier Feb. 8/2 During work sessions..we had an opportunity to give due regard to this source which Europeans had tended to consider as irrational.

†c. Concern, care, or interest directed to some purpose. Chiefly in to have regard to. Also: (a) concern that something be done. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care or kindly interest

regard?a1518

carec1540

tender1598

resentment1641

concern1877

?a1518 H. Watson Ualentyne & Orson (1555) lxxiv. sig. Rr.vii Frende sayde Orson for God haue regarde therto.

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 27 §70 Which two constables..shall haue especial regarde to the conseruacion of the kinges peace.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. viii. 41 They haue a regarde that in the plague time no shippe..do enter into their port.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments To Rdr. Out of the respect I bore to venerable Antiquity, and the due regard to continue the remembrance of the defunct to future posteritie.

1634 Mirrour New Reformation xi. 67 Be sure you haue regard that none be stayd, When the wise wil not, for to take the mayd.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 407 It were no difficult contrivance, if the Publick had any regard to it, to make the English Tongue immutable.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xv. 436 They seem to have but little regard to the support of their masts, to which their stays and shrouds hold no proportion.

1803 W. Davy Syst. Divinity XIX. ccclxxii. 137 A careful Regard to Fame and a good Report.

†d. Care in doing something; close attention to some principle, process, or method. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun]

yemec893

carefulnessa1000

getec1175

gomec1175

tenta1300

curec1300

keepa1325

diligence1340

heed1357

tentivenessa1382

observancec1390

businessa1398

reasona1398

attendancec1400

resporta1413

curiosityc1430

mindingc1449

reckc1475

respect1509

regardshipa1513

looking unto1525

peradvertencea1529

looking toa1535

solicitudea1535

looking after?1537

solicitudeness1547

care1548

solicitnessc1550

caring1556

heedfulness1561

solicitateness1562

hofulness1566

regard1573

charishness1587

on-waiting1590

heediness1596

take-heed1596

respectiveness1598

observationa1616

solicitousness1636

heeding1678

curiousness1690

solicitation1693

attention1741

craftsmanship1850

1573 Treat. Arte of Limming f. viii And note [tha]t there is great regard to be had to [th]e wel grinding & te[m]p[ri]ng of the colours, & to the placing of them vpon the worke.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. E.ij^v A souldiour cannot haue Too great regarde, wheron his knife should cut.

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) So great Regard [Fr. circonspection] there was amongst the Ancients in making of War.

1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 31 So much for Pauses, Emphasis, and Cadence: A careful Regard to all which is the first Rule for attaining a right Pronunciation.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xviii. 177 This time he had more regard to the ‘mollia tempora fandi’, and succeeded very well.

†e. A thing or circumstance looked to, or taken into account, in determining action; a consideration; a motive. Chiefly in plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive

achesounc1230

encheason1297

quarrel1340

occasionc1384

springa1398

motive?a1439

motionc1475

springa1500

respect1528

regard1579

moment1611

movent1651

umbrage1664

what makes (someone) tick1931

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 188/2 Therfore must we haue an other regard to cause vs to come nigh to God, to wit, our Lord Iesus Christ.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 130 Their king was alwaies chosen by the voices of the people: wherein they had these regards; that hee were aged, milde, and childlesse.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 24 This conjunction of grace in the soule doth more indeare my mother and kinsmen unto me, then all earthly, and bodily regards whatsoever.

1708 J. Swift Predict. for 1708 8 My Fortune has plac'd me above the little Regards of scribbling for a few Pence.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 286 Those higher and more large regards by which alone men come to be affected.

1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) v. 139 A benevolence which shall lose all particular regards in its general light.

†f. An instance of looking to a person, God, etc., for guidance as to action or conduct. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun] > to someone else

regard1726

retrospection1747

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iii. 50 Throw off all Regards to others, and we should be quite indifferent to Infamy and to Honour.

1729 W. Law Serious Call xi. 163 That it will be made too anxious a state, by thus introducing a regard to God in all our actions.

a. Repute, standing; estimation in which a person or thing is held; value, importance. of small, great, etc., regard: of little, great, etc., account, estimation, importance, or value (in quot. 1556² without of, in predicative use). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun]

nameeOE

talec1175

fame?c1225

lose1297

creancec1330

stevenc1374

opinionc1384

credencec1390

recorda1393

renowna1400

reputationc1400

reportc1425

regardc1440

esteema1450

noisea1470

reapport1514

estimation1530

savour1535

existimationa1538

countenancea1568

credit1576

standing1579

stair1590

perfumec1595

estimate1597

pass1601

reportage1612

vibration1666

suffrage1667

rep1677

face1834

odour1835

rap1966

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [adjective] > having type of reputation

of no, great, small, etc., reputationa1398

of small, great, etc., regardc1440

c1440 (?a1396) W. Hilton in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 20 (MED) I halde it sekyre þat he be meke..and halde þis mynde in regarde noghte, till he mowe..fele þe fyre of lufe.

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 73 Al oure tyme is of litil regarde to þe euerlasting terme.

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 154^v So greatly was an othe had in regard, at those dayes.

1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. B3^v Thocht thay ryde, on mulis, or hors Itt is bot small regarde, or fors.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 685 A noble Gentleman of high regard.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 123 What things there are. Most obiect in regard, and deere in vse, What things againe most deere in the esteeme: And poore in worth.

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxi. 149 In fights, all receipts which adde courage and spirit, are of great regard, to be allowed, and vsed.

1637 J. Milton Comus 21 A certaine shepheard lad Of small regard to see to, yet well skill'd In every vertuous plant.

1670 I. Walton Life R. Hooker 138 in Lives [This] is a Point in my Opinion of great regard.

1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress iii Whilom a Twig of small Regard to see.

?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 206 I am a Bard of no regard, Wi' gentle folks, an' a' that.

1848 R. Mant Matin Bell vi. 199 And so farewell to yonder sacred tower..Of small regard to see to and of power Can hardly dare the curious mind engage.

1908 J. London Martin Eden xxxiv. 302 Nevertheless, by his masterly operation and improvement of her kitchen-laundry, he fell an immense distance in her regard.

2006 H. S. Shapiro Losing Heart iii. 55 An individual of little regard or value to others in our society.

†b. in a person's regard: in a person's opinion, according to a person's judgement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [adverb]

in my (also his, their, etc.) sense1591

in a person's regard1598

according to one's lights (also light)1645

in a person's book1934

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 59 Sicke in the worlds regard; wretched and low.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 67 + 8 That one,..in my regard Of the vnworthiest siedge.

1686 tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Ignatius vi. 353 We only ought to fear, least our Sins may have been the cause of our losing him; and least his death, in our regard, may have been a punishment from God.

1798 J. Boaden Cambro-Britons i. 23 Did we flourish, I should be thron'd too high for your associate; And you be common men in my regard.

a. Care or concern for a person or thing. Originally in †to take (also have) regard to (or of): to take care of, look after, protect (a person, a person's life, etc.) (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after

yknowOE

knowlOE

to care forc1230

bihedec1250

beseec1300

to look to ——c1300

seea1325

await1393

observea1425

procurea1425

to look after ——1487

to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500

regard1526

to see after ——1544

to look unto ——1545

attendc1572

to take care of1579

curea1618

tend1631

to look over ——1670

a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince l. 399 in Poems (1899) 25 (MED) Haueth a prouidence That no hurt fal to youre noble highnesse..Hauyng al waies a tendre regarde to youre seuretee.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccvi. 99 b/2 They desyred his noblenes to take some regarde to them [Fr. si luy prierent que par sa noblesse il luy vousist entendre].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxxiv. 8 Seynge that my shepherdes take no regarde off my shepe.

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 145^v The man must haue regarde to his owne life, and helth.

?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 104^v Was not..Alexandor warned by a vision to take more regarde vnto hys life then he did?

1611 Bible (King James) Tobit iii. 15 Command some regard to be had of me, and pitie taken of me.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 315 Of thee these forty days none hath regard, Forty and more deserted here indeed.

1685 F. Digby in F. Digby tr. Xenophon Kyrou Paideia i. 55 For Health, because I both hear and see such Cities as have a Regard for, and desire to preserve the same, make choice of able Physicians.

1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant v. ii. 73 If you have a regard for me, shew it in immediately vindicating my Reputation.

1761 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 9) 51 I earnestly advise every one who has any regard to his Health to try this.

1790 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 6) II. vi. §ii. i. 92 In what cases the strongest of all natural affections ought to yield to a regard for the safety of those superiors upon whose safety often depends that of the whole society.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 395 It was a free regard for our happiness which we are called to contemplate.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 152 Even regard for the safety of the hostages did not move men who had made up their minds not to yield.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage vii. 23 There were two women in the house, and no one had the least regard for his comfort.

1987 R. Godden Time to Dance (1989) 32 Mam lived for, and through, her children with little regard for anyone else.

†b. The task of taking care of a person or thing. in the regard of: in the care or charge of (a person). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun]

lookingc1300

keepingc1380

charge1389

keepa1400

procuration?a1425

charchec1426

tuition1436

recommendation1483

fostera1500

sussy1513

carec1540

overlooking1565

regard1596

overview1598

accurance1677

protectiveness1847

protectingness1852

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 106 (margin) Preistes haueng the regarde of the saules.

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. F3 Left I not My worthy Father i' the kind regard Of a most louing Vncle?

a. Admiration; affection, kindly feeling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [noun]

talec1175

daintya1250

price?a1300

accounta1393

recommendation1433

conceita1438

opiniona1450

tendershipc1460

regard?1533

sense1565

mense1567

sake1590

eye1597

consideration1598

esteem1611

choicea1616

recommends1623

value1637

appreciation1650

mass1942

the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun]

lovingeOE

cherte?c1225

amoura1300

dearnessc1320

affectionc1384

homelinessc1384

kindnessc1390

affect1440

gleimc1449

regard?1533

infection1600

affectation1607

fonding1640

endearedness1654

charities1667

endearment1709

affectuosity1730

affectionateness1751

fondliness1821

grá1833

aroha1846

?1533 T. Elyot tr. Isocrates Doctr. Princes sig. B 5 He shall in other mens busynesse do nothyng wisely, make moch of them that be wyse, and do perceyue more than other men, and haue good regarde towarde them.

1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 95 ^v The gonnars than, shot of a ringing peall Of cannons great..That eury man, might se what loue and zeall And good regard, they had to contry thoe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 58 A Son, that well deserues The honor, and regard of such a father.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 653 A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 304. ⁋2 I have no Reason to fancy my Mistress has any Regard for me.

1743 Descr. Holland iv. 187 The late Queen Consort, Caroline of Great Britain, had a singular Regard for Saurin and his Writings.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. i. 30 I have long been convinced he is unworthy my regard.

1792 J. Hurdis Sir Thomas More i. 29 Methought her eye shew'd singular regard To our young friend.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 256 He resolved to trust in the warm regard of Simon..and the friendship of the Provost.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 219 There is no guide of my acquaintance for whom I have a stronger regard.

1898 Cosmopolitan July 304/2 The former Mrs. Dallas, for whom I entertain sincere regard and respect, is now Mrs. Somebody Else.

1949 E. Goudge Gentian Hill ii. ii. 218 I have been most remiss in leaving my friends to know of my regard through intuition only.

1989 M. Lane Literary Daughters i. 37 She was to gain the sincere regard of all those at Streatham whose regard was worth having.

2004 H. Strachan Make Skyf, Man! x. 104 O what on earth can I say to her, she who has always held me in such regard, and high esteem?

†b. In plural. Words or actions expressive of esteem or affection. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > deferential

devoir14..

service1567

respects1577

mannersa1616

baisementc1654

baisemain1656

regards?1702

salaam1786

?1702 B. Loveling Serm. preach'd at Banbury Ded. sig. A2^v I shall not here present you with a Scheme of my sincere Regards for you: How pleasing soever such a Subject may be to me.

1747 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 151 They were pleased with the Regards shown to them.

1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. i. 87 Think, how gratifying..are the regards and attentions of such wise and worthy men as you.

c. In plural. Used as a formula requesting that the person addressed (in speech or writing) convey the expression of the speaker's or writer's affection to a third person (esp. in give my regards to —, send one's regards), or to express friendliness or goodwill at the end of a letter or other written communication. Cf. love n.¹ Phrases 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > letter or note [phrase] > concluding phrases

your (affectionate, very, etc.) friend1454

aggradation1533

Yours ever1564

yours faithfully1564

I (will) remain1600

pro bono publico1640

sincerely1702

regards1775

yours respectfully?1777

yours truly1788

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > deferential > in epistolary or complimentary forms

respects1631

regards1775

1775 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 103 My regards..to my relations and yours.

1796 A. Stewart Let. 25 Nov. in Carus Life Simeon (1847) vi. 133 We all join in most affectionate and respectful regards to you.

1835 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 29 With kindest regards to every one of you.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxvi. 265 ‘Your regards, Edith, my dear?’ said Mrs. Skewton, pausing, pen in hand, at the postscript.

1882 O. Wilde More Lett. (1985) 41 Best regards to Mr Lewis and Mr Burne-Jones.

1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread x. 302 ‘Thank him, please, when you write,’ said Miss Abbott, ‘and give him my kindest regards.’

1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria ii. 33 The Princess gave her mother her dutiful regards; but Lehzen had her heart.

1978 W. J. Burley Wycliffe & Scapegoat ix. 160 Give my regards to your father and tell him not to worry.

1999 S. Upadhyay in A. Tan & K. Kenison Best Amer. Short Stories 1999 337 I just came to inquire about your health. Radhika sends her regards.

2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 25 May 80/1 Hi! I just noticed a possible lost soccer ball in the garden bed to the right of the letter box if you look at it from where I am. Regards, Postie.

†5. A payment by way of acknowledgement of, or compensation for, something. Scottish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun]

yield601

angildeOE

maegboteOE

allowancea1325

finea1400

boota1450

reparationa1460

contentation1467

disdomage1502

contention1516

regard1568

contentment1603

atonement-money1611

satisfaction1621

satisfaction money1651

content1689

compensation1804

smart money1817

hoot1820

indemnization1836

compo1941

MCA1973

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxvi. 62 But gwerdoun, genȝeild, or regaird.

c1581–90 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 411 The Towne doth receaue..an anuall regard for the same.

1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 1552, in Wks. (1931) I. 187 Without rewaird for his expensis, Without regaird or recompencis.

II. Senses relating to appearance, aspect, or relation.

†6. Originally: aspect, appearance. Later: facial expression, countenance, manner of looking. Obsolete (chiefly archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun]

onseneeOE

bleea1000

shapeOE

ylikeOE

laitc1175

semblanta1225

sightc1275

fare1297

showingc1300

specea1325

parelc1330

guise1340

countenance1362

semblance?a1366

apparel1377

regardc1380

apparencec1384

imagec1384

spicec1384

overseeminga1398

kenninga1400

seemingc1400

visage1422

rinda1450

semenauntc1450

'pearance1456

outwardc1475

representation1489

favour?a1500

figurea1522

assemblant1523

prospect?1533

respect1535

visure1545

perceiverance1546

outwardshine1549

species1559

utter-shape1566

look1567

physiognomy1567

face1572

paintry1573

visor1575

mienc1586

superficies?1589

behaviour1590

aspect1594

complexion1597

confrontment1604

show1604

aira1616

beseeminga1616

formality1615

resemblancea1616

blush1620

upcomea1630

presentment1637

scheme1655

sensation1662

visibility1669

plumage1707

facies1727

remark1748

extrinsica1797

exterior1801

showance1820

the cut of one's jib1823

personnel1839

personal appearance1842

what-like1853

look-see1898

outwall1933

visuality1938

prosopon1947

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1297 (MED) Sir Berard..was þe fairest kniȝt of regard of alle þe doþþeper.

c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 130 (MED) Fleth the shott of swete regard, Myn hert.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 416 b/2 He was gracious and curtoys in maners and playsant in regarde.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) i. 7 He..hadde a regard or countenaunce of moche hooly lyf.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xii The stable countenance and pleasant regarde of him that is pacient.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. C.ij^v Wherein I see, a Sampsons grim regarde Disgraced yet with Alexanders bearde.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxxvii. 309 They..have so lively and pleasing a regard, as the Painter cannot exceede it with his pencill and colours.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 877 To whom with stern regard thus Gabriel spake.

1679 S. Woodford Paraphr. upon Canticles 92 Mirth was a youth of beautiful regard.

1737 E. S. Rowe Hist. Joseph ix. 61 With stern regard each kindred face he views.

1858 M. Arnold Merope 740 The prince at start seem'd sad, but his regard Clear'd with blithe travel and the morning air.

1884 A. T. de Vere Poet. Wks. 272 The humbleness in his regard grew sour; Yet wroth he seemed not.

a. A look, a gaze, esp. a steady or significant one.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun]

eie wurpc950

laitc1175

looka1200

lecha1250

sightc1275

insighta1375

blushc1390

castc1400

glentc1400

blenkc1440

regardc1450

ray1531

beam of sight1579

eye-beam1583

eyewink1591

blink1594

aspecta1616

benda1616

eyeshot1615

eye-casta1669

twire1676

ken1736

Magdalene-look1752

glimmering1759

deek1833

wink1847

deck1853

vision1855

pipe1865

skeg1876

dekko1894

screw1904

slant1911

gander1914

squiz1916

butcher's hook1934

butcher's1936

gawk1940

bo-peep1941

nose1976

c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 200 (MED) Ye, allas, vnto my karfulle mone Not dayneth ones a regard on to see.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 24 In these regardes & in these semblances they passid the soupper.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 201/2 Deuyls and wicked spirites went out of the bodyes of creatures by his symple regarde and syghte.

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 173^v He that is vnhappely fallen into the danger of loue, must not..pursewe the viewe of her beautye with a continuall gaze or regard of his eye.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 75^v Her regards were wanton, lasciuious, and vnconstant.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 247 He..bites his lip with a politique regarde .

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 201 Such quick regards his sparkling eyes bestow.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 32 From these objects she turned her regard upon Monsieur and Madame La Motte.

1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 34 When his regard Was raised by intense pensiveness.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xxiii. 262 Miriam, with a long regard from the threshold, bade farewell to this doves' nest.

1892 A. Bierce Black Beetles in Amber 52 Beneath that stern regard the chewing-gum Which writhed and squeaked beneath the teeth is dumb.

1985 B. W. Aldiss Helliconia Winter vii. 116 She turned to look at him. Their regards met.

2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins xx. 181 When she fixed you with her regard, there was a tenderness and warmth that made your skin bump.

†b. Prospect, view. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery

regardc1500

prospect1573

discovery1587

prospective1599

perspective1612

landscape?a1645

vista1657

coup d'œil1739

scape1773

survey1821

outlook1828

eyeshot1860

outscape1868

c1500 Melusine (1895) 313 The which chambre had regarde toward the gardyns.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iii. sig. D3 You are now within reguarde of the Presence.

†c. A thing which may be looked at or into. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun]

i-sightc888

sightc950

regard1586

aspectc1600

observed1604

visiona1616

landscape1659

eyefula1808

visibilia1936

1586 Whetstone (title) The English Myrror, a Regard wherein al Estates may behold the Conquests of Envy.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) ii. i. 41 To throw-out our eyes for braue Othello, Euen till we make the Maine, and th'Eriall blew, An indistinct regard.

†8. Astrology. = aspect n. 4. Also in extended use: the position of two geomantic figures in relation to each other. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by shapes or figures > position of geomantic figures

regarda1475

a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 10 Hermes..ordeigned certeyne persones to offre sacrifice..whan the planetis entrede in-to theire houses..or in-to þe regardis [a1500 Cambr. Gg.1.34 regardes and aspectis; a1460 anon. tr. sight; Fr. regars; L. aspectibus] of theyme.

1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie iii. xvii. 187 The regard of opposition in the fygure formed, is, when the fyrst doth beholde the 7[th].

9. Law. Now historical.

a. An official inspection of a forest in order to discover any trespasses committed in it. Also: the right to carry out such an inspection; the office or position of a person appointed to make such an inspection. Cf. regarder n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > official inspection of a forest: right to such

regardc1503

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > [noun] > proceeding in forest laws

regardc1503

attachment?1592

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > official inspection of a forest: right to such > office of forest inspector

regardc1503

c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxix^v/2 For inquisicion and regarde. Our raungers shall goo by our forest too make regarde as they were wont to doo the tyme of the furst coronacion of the forsaid kyng herry our graundsir.

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xvi. §9. f. 96^v Mastives are not to be Expeditated, but onely where the Regard is to be made, and that is in Forrestes and not in Chases.

a1610 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forest (1615) xxi. §3. 194 The King hath the regard of all the woods and wast grounds and other lands which are afforested.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Regard,..the Office of the Regarder.

1740 Student's Law Dict. Regarder, an Officer of the King's Forest, who is sworn to make the Regard of the Forest..and also to view and inquire of all Offences or Defaults of the Foresters.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 72 The court of regard, or survey of dogs, is to be holden every third year for the lawing or expeditation of mastiffs.

1835 T. E. Tomlins Law Dict. (ed. 4) (at cited word) Regard..hath also a special acceptation, wherein it is only used in matters of the forest, either for the office of regarder, or for the compass of the ground belonging to that office.

1868 W. Stubbs Hoveden's Chron. (Rolls) I. Pref. 76 As a sort of Appendix to this work are given..the Articles of Regard and Assize of the Forest.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1499/2 Regard of the forest, the area which constituted the forest and which was therefore inspected by the regarder; the inspection made by the regarder.

b. The area under the jurisdiction of an officer appointed to carry out inspections of forests.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > part or division of

hag1410

speysa1425

ward1425

walk1534

regard1594

riding1755

hag wood1798

1594 R. Crompton L'Authoritie & Iurisdict. des Courts f. 193 It appeareth..that within the regard of any Forest, no man may buyld either houses or barcaryes.

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest vii. §4. f. 40^v All such woods and landes, as are parcell of the Forrest, the same is within the regard.

1667–8 Act 19 & 20 Chas. II c. 8 §11 All Lands and Grounds lying within the Perambulation and Reguard of the said Forrest [sc.of Dean].

1712 Game-law ii. 46 The Lord of a Forest may by his Officers enter into any Man's Wood which is growing within the Regard of the Forest, and cut down Browsewood for the Deer in Winter.

1795 Coll. Hist. Hampsh. III. 28 Each walk contains several smaller divisions called purlieus, but they are not properly purlieus, being within the regard of the forest.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. ii. i. 71 The forests were..systematically divided into walks, or keepings, wards or regards, over which was a properly subordinate succession of officers.

1873 Q. Rev. 135 153 The ‘regards’ or limits of the ‘foresta regis’ are indicated by a circle running from point to point.

1999 Eng. Hist. Rev. 114 919 The abbess obtained..the exemption of nearly a dozen of her ‘groves’ from the forest regard.

10.

†a. Reference or relation to a person or thing. Chiefly in to have (a) regard to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference

respitea1382

beholdingc1449

respect1485

aspect1509

regardc1520

reference1581

referrance1583

tending1587

reflection1614

intuition1626

concernment1640

concerning1642

tendency1651

influence1672

re1707

bearing1741

ref1845

concern1863

c1520 King Henry VIII Let. 18 May in Camden Misc. (1992) XXXI. 34 Wee will..you that..yee have a speciall oversight, regarde and respect..to the said sheriffe..how..they doe..our comaundmentes.

1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. ii. App. x. 446 Neyther dothe the preste take the bread in his handes, neyther yet hathe any regard or respect to the bread.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 262 We see howe this accepting hath not regarde to the righteousnesse of man.

1649 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Use of Passions 23 The passions of the concupiscible appetite have a regard to good and to evil, as absent, or as present.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 1 We may be said to doe that in another person's name, which we doe with any kind of reference or regard to him.

b. A particular respect; a point, a detail. Chiefly in in this (also that, etc.) regard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > regard or side

sidec1275

respect1533

regard1573

concern1589

concernment1646

1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 132 The Prince hath to doe with a paynter, not onely in that he is simply hir highnesse subiecte.., but also in respect he is suche a subiecte, in whiche regarde (he saythe) she maketh lawes and orders also concerning paynters.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iii. 55 When things naturall in that regard forget their ordinary naturall woont, that which is heauie mounting sometime vpwardes of its owne accord.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 57 I must therefore request you to stretch your sinewes in this regarde.

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 87 The Gospel of salvation may bee called a Mystery in three regards.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 170 In that regard, [he] seems very observantially to submit, not only to stars, and Planetary constellations: but to plants, [etc.].

1700 H. Dodwell Treat. Conc. Instrumental Musick (new ed.) 30 In that regard, Musick Instrumental also was acknowledged to have the same influence that Singing had by the Imagination over the Affections.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 4/2 If it is of Service in a publick Regard, I cannot find Fault with it.

1821 P. B. Shelley Let. 14 Sept. (1964) II. 349 I will pay every possible attention to your instructions in this regard.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vii. 132 Each tongue has its own way in this regard.

1902 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery vii. 110 They were very anxious that I should become one of them politically, in every respect. They seemed to have little distrust of strangers in this regard.

1979 N. Mailer Executioner's Song (1980) i. xxviii. 430 We have no witnesses that we can call in the line of expert witnesses, doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, who would help the defendant in that regard.

2003 L. Moss What Genes can't Do iv. 161 Particularly striking in this regard is the emergence of members of every class of cell-adhesion molecule.

†c. Intention, design, purpose. (Only in Shakespeare.) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose

willeOE

highOE

thoughtOE

intent?c1225

achesounc1230

attenta1250

couragec1320

devicec1320

minda1325

studya1382

understanding1382

suggestionc1390

meaninga1393

i-minda1400

minta1400

tent1399

castc1400

ettlingc1400

affecta1425

advicec1425

intention1430

purposec1430

proposea1450

intendment1450

supposing?c1450

pretensionc1456

intellectionc1460

zeal1492

hest?a1513

minting?a1513

institute?1520

intendingc1525

mindfulness1530

cogitationa1538

fordrift1549

forecast1549

designing1566

tention1587

levela1591

intendiment1595

design1597

suppose1597

aim1598

regarda1616

idea1617

contemplationa1631

speculation1631

way of thinking1650

designation1658

tend1663

would1753

predetermination1764

will to art1920

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 23 The King is full of grace, and faire regard .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 226 Our Reasons are so full of good regard, That were you Antony, the Sonne of Cæsar, You should be satisfied.

Phrases

P1.

a. in regard of or to, in regards to (regional and nonstandard), with regard to: in respect of, with respect or reference to. Also †as to (the) regard of, †at regard of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to

in wise ofc1290

by (also for) reason ofa1350

as to (the) regard ofc1392

in regard of or toc1392

upon the side ofa1393

with regard toc1392

in respect of?a1425

in this (also that) behalf1458

upon the feat of1483

for (the) respect of1489

as pertains to1526

in order to1526

with respect1556

ad idem1574

on this behalf1581

in or with reference to1593

quoad hoc1601

in point of1605

with intuition to (of)1626

in the mention of1638

in terms of1704

how and about1753

as regards1797

as concerns1816

w.r.t.1956

c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 38 (MED) Than shewith thy blake thred the verre place of the planete at regard of the 9 spere.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §325 Insolent is he that despiseth in his Iugement all oother folk as to regard of [v.r. as to the regarde of] his value.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §403 Humylitee..is a vertu thurgh which a man..holdeth of hym self no pris ne deyntee as in regard of hise desertes.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 46 The more parte of men haue no verite ne loyaulte as to the Regard of loue.

1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 101 As to the regarde of my londe and duchi of Boulion, I give it freely to this valiaunt knight.

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Ej Let vs then see whether this prince be a conuenable mariage in regard of her priuate person.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 78 In regard of Causes now in hand.

1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) iv. 219 There are divers sorts of compound Bodies, even in regard of all or some of their Ingredients.

1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 9 I speak with regard to sensible things only.

1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 37 There does not seem to be any considerable Variation in regard of the Eggs.

1792 Monthly Rev. May 77 In regard to the matter,..he had, no doubt, been misled.

1842 W. R. Grove Correl. Physical Forces 43 The world was believed fixed, until..it was found to change its place with regard to them.

1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness viii. 66 Of the affinity between God and Man, in regard of man's wants and God's fulness.

1905 Athenæum 30 Sept. 431/1 But in regard to the life of a Roman Catholic saint no more was requisite.

1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire (1963) 83 Both stemmed from the same family magazine Life, so justly famed for its pudibundity in regard to the mysteries of the male sex.

1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage at Regards Me spoke on certain matters relating to the position of the Commonwealth in regards to cane sugar production.

1998 Frame of Reference Spring 16/1 The city's track record with regard to the neighborhood has made skeptics of area residents.

b. With possessive in same sense, as in my regard, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to > with regard to one

in my regard1582

on one's subject1733

1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke xviii. 7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night: and will he have patience in their regard?

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 340 I shall in mine own regard bee very glad.

1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 174 Nothing more was there to do than two things in his regard.

1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 35 I was very sensible of her Coldness, or rather her Envy, in my Regard.

1821 Ld. Byron Let. 24 Sept. (1978) VIII. 221 My feelings are like the dead—who..feel nothing..that is said or done in their regard.

1865 F. Oakeley Hist. Notes 94 If God have any other will in our regard.

1909 Catholic Encycl. VI. 223/1 Francis repaired to the church of St. Nicholas and sought to learn God's will in their regard.

1952 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 13 55 Sorokin's disdain for Catholic thinkers..is shown by his complete silence in their regard.

1992 J. MacKenna Fallen 30 They could relax in my regard, at least in the coming weeks.

2004 J. Murphy-O'Connor Paul ix. 171 He had already changed his travel plans twice in their regard.

†P2.

a. in regard of: in comparison with. Also in regard to, at (the) regard of, (as) to or unto the regard of or to. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > in comparison with [phrase]

in (the) (also to the) reward of1340

(as) to or unto the regard of or toa1400

at (the) regard ofa1400

in regard ofa1400

in regard toa1400

in respect ofc1400

in respect to1526

(as) — as anything1548

come1925

a1400 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 38 (MED) Alle þo paynes..of þis world..solace & ioy men might hom telle to regarde of þo lest payne þore.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §106 Al the sorwe þ^t a man myghte make fro the bigynnyng of the world nys but a litel thyng at regard of [v.rr. at regard at, at þe regarde of] the sorwe of helle.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 8998 (MED) Alle þir blysses..War als noght, als to regard to þe blys of heven.

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 130 (MED) It is ryth nowt þat I suffir in regarde to þat he suffyrd.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. i. 61 Syth that the erthe is so lytil,..lytil may we preyse the goodes therof vnto the regard of heuen.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) ii. xlvi. 53 Al this erdely fyre is but thyng depeynted in regard of that other.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. 322 The companyons were but a fewe in regarde to the Frenchmen.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxix. sig. Fi^v The valure of al other knyghtes wer as nothing to the regard of his noblesse.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii^v At last when all the rest them offred were,..They all refused in regard of her.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 247 He spendeth but little in the warres, in regard of that, that..the King of Spaine disburseth.

a1656 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom of Sutherland (1813) 167 Vnderstanding Auchindoun his small forces in regaird of theirs.

1755 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 195 Sensible how confined their punishments are, in regard to what they ought to be.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 311 In regard of mine, a little thing His kingdom was.

1896 W. Morris Well at World's End (2004) ii. x. 374 We so many that thou and thine will be in regard of us as the pips to the apple.

b. at or in regard: by comparison, comparatively. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adverb]

at or in regardc1450

in comparison1470

in respect1532

comparatively1597

by comparison1807

alongside1831

comparingly1882

c1450 (?c1400) tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium (1909) 19 (MED) Anentis þe noumbre of men, his comyng was, at regard, at bigynnyng of þe world.

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 3 Preamble Archers..with litell nombre and puyssaunce in regarde have done many notable actes.

a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 1496, in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 47 The prest Is better in regard.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxviii. f. 62^v Howe wonderfully dyd a fewe Romayns in regarde..defende this lyttell territory.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 652 Thay countit not the Coilȝear almaist at regaird.

c. as to regard of: in the manner of. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 9 As to regarde of the fete of an harte, They sholde ever theyr mayster socoure.

†P3.

a. in regard of or to: out of consideration for. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [phrase] > out of consideration for

in regard of or toc1500

c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 16 The Turques withdrewe theym alle to the kynge..and whan they were assembled to-gedre thei were a right grete puissaunce as yn regarde of theym of the Towne the tuo Brethre sawe welle it was tyme to withdrawe.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 209 I thanke my liege that in regard of me, He shortens foure yeares of my sonnes exile.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) ii. 71 I might propound certain peculiar Advantages arising from Piety..but this I must, in regard to the time and your patience, at present forbear.

1705 Boston News-let. 5 Feb. 2/2 Whereupon the Court sent for said person..& had like to have fined him in a considerable Sum, but in regard of his very great submission and penitency for his Crime, was fin'd but in Five pounds.

1724 J. Arbuthnot Reasons against Bill for Examining Drugs 1 In Regard of our common Interest..we presume to lay the following Reasons before the Publick, against the said Bill.

b. for the regard of: for the sake of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > because of > for the sake of

for cause ofc1425

for (the) respect of1489

for the regard of1576

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 147 A great multitude, who for the regard of their health,..have recourse to these quarters.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. C2 Honor norisheth Art, and for the regard of dignitie doe learned men striue to exceed in their facultie.

1835 A. M. Hall Tales of Woman's Trials 19 For the love o'the poor old masther, and..for the regard of Masther Harry, lave Busca to me.

c. in regard of: on account of, by reason of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > because of

in virtue ofa1250

by (also for) reason ofa1350

by the virtue ofa1375

by the cause ofc1405

by occasion ofc1425

for cause ofc1425

by way of1447

for suit of1451

in respect of1528

in consideration of1540

in regard of1600

in intuition to1626

by or in vigour of1636

along1680

in view of1710

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 261 The passage unto this mountaine is very difficult, in regard of certaine cruell Arabians.

1625 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 24 Also in regaird of the grit charges..thay..hes sustenit in cuming sa far.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vi. §1 A matter of very difficult tryall, in regard of the goodness..of God so frequently interposing between the prediction and the event.

1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 68 Tansy..hot and cleansing; but in regard of its domineering relish..much fitter for the Pan being qualified with the Juices of..Spinach, Green Corn, Violet, Primrose-Leaves etc.

1888 W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales 188 The sun himself, that's not visible in regard of the clouds.

d. in regard: since, because, on account of the fact that, considering that. Also with †that. Now Irish English.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > for that reason or because of that or inasmuch as

in thatc1175

for as mickle asc1390

in as (also so) mickle (as)c1390

in that thatc1450

by (the) means (also mean) (that)1549

by and by1565

in regard1600

in that (also this) view1688

1600 Lady Hoby Diary 6 May (1930) 118 Mr. Daunie..inuited me to be a witnes at his childes baptisinge, which I refussed, in regard that my Conscience was not perswaded of the charge I was to vndertake.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 124 In regard King Henry giues consent,..To ease your Countrie of distressefull Warre.

1647 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 75 Inregaird that the clerk..is laitlie deceased.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 185 In regard that..the Mineral and Metallick Matter..was different in different Parts of it.

1719–20 J. Hughes in J. Duncombe Lett. Several Eminent Persons Deceased (1773) I. 271 This is the more generous..in regard that I have given up this play to the importunity of my friends.

1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 8 The Roman Order is usually call'd the Composite, in regard its Capital is composed of the..other Orders.

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. ii. x. 243 From the preference which the old writers give to written descant, which they termed Prick-song, in regard that the harmony was written or pricked down.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. i. 7 I cannot say that I ever saw an adder, in regard there are none in these parts.

1879 Catholic World 29 167/2 I did take the Canterbury wagon, refusing the coach, in regard that if so be I was followed and sought after they would sooner examine a coach.

a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 230/2 In regard I have to go to the fair tomorrow.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 275/1 In regard I have to go to the market tomorrow.

P4. without regard to (also for, †of ): without taking heed of or giving consideration to; without reference to or thought for, notwithstanding, irrespective of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > without consideration [phrase]

without respect1528

without regard to (also for, of )?1530

without reference to1600

the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adverb] > independently > independently of

without regard to (also for, of )?1530

without reference to1600

on (also upon) one's own account1609

independently1659

independent of (on, from)1690

?1530 W. Neville Castell of Pleasure (new ed.) sig. a.ij Bokes of loue innumerable prynted be I mene of ladyes and many a hardy kynght Without regarde of sensuall nycete In loue exploytynge truely with all theyr myght.

1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 298 Without regaird of the propinctie of bluid.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 273^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Saxouns..without regarde to honoure..gaif the bak.

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig.E3 Hee extorted the most part of my money..without any regard of conscience.

1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier Pref. My opposition in this defence, is chiefly bent against those, who without regard to right or wrong, treated me with so much injustice.

1732 A. Pope Strange Relation E. Curll in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. ii. 43 The..heaping together a Superfluity of Wealth without the least Regard of applying it to its proper Uses.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 108. ⁋10 Lest the hours..should be tattled away without regard to literature.

1783 Double Conspiracy iv. ii. 66 The merciless wretch..who can calmly resolve to cut the throats of the weak, and infirm in cold blood, without regard to age or sex.

1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 20 Without regard to banking hours.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 348 Those political writers who judge events without regard to that intellectual development of which they are but a part.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 47/2 (advt.) Bulky volumes of difficult music put together without regard to their suitability for use in the home.

1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot i. 91 She noticed that the eminent personage..moved straight towards the restaurant exit without regard for any precedence of passengers in transit.

1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 4 Jan. 17/4 It was truly melting-pot raunch, equal-opportunity debasement, without regard to chromosomes, race, ethnic root or species.

Compounds

regard ring n. a ring set with a row of different stones whose initial letters spell the word ‘regard’ (namely, ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst, ruby, diamond) or occasionally another word signifying affection.Rings of this type were popular during the Victorian era.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > other types of ring

kine-ringc1225

pontificala1500

hoop-ring1545

death's head1577

ring of remembrance1659

serjeant's ring1690

garter-ring1709

bath-ring1771

solitaire1832

regard ring1853

key ring1856

bodylet1870

portrait ring1877

tower-ring1877

whistle-ring1877

marquise1885

princess-ring1886

dinner ring1890

cluster ring1897

eternity ring1939

1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. v. 7/2 A diamond set round with ‘regard’ stones.]

1853 Pen & Pencil 7 May 585/2 A ‘regard’ ring has the following stones arranged in a hoop: ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst or aqua-marine, and diamond. The initials form the word ‘regard’.

1890 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore (ed. 2) viii. 414 ‘Regard rings’, of French origin, were common even to a late period, and were thus named from the initials with which they were set forming the acrostic of these words: Ruby Emerald Garnet Amethyst Ruby Diamond Lapis lazuli Opal Verd antique Emerald.

1912 O. M. Dalton Franks Bequest Catal. Finger Rings 302 A ‘regard ring’, so called from the fact that the initial letters of the gems composing the bezel form that word.

1978 Illustr. London News Nov. 129/2 (caption) Early Victorian ‘regard’ ring, £140.

2005 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 21 Jan. 13 Recently a customer was desperate to find a Victorian ‘Regard’ ring - the letters of which signify its stones: a ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst and a ruby diamond.

Derivatives

† regard-worthy adj. Obsolete rare worthy of esteem.

ΚΠ

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 13 Finding in her at first sight regard-worthy objects [It. degni di stima], hee thought well of her.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

regardv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈɡɑːd/, U.S.

/rəˈɡɑrd/,

/riˈɡɑrd/

Forms: Middle English– regard, 1900s– regaird (Irish English (northern)), 1500s–1600s regarde, 1500s–1600s reguard, 1500s–1800s regarged (past participle, transmission error), 1800s– regyard (U.S. regional); also Scottish pre-1700 regared (past tense, perhaps transmission error), pre-1700 regargit (past tense, transmission error), pre-1700 1700s– regaird.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French regarder.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French regarder (also rewarder reward v.; French regarder ) to look at (c1100 in Old French), to look behind, to direct all one's attention (on something), to take full account (of something), to visit, to provide, to think (of someone), to inspect, examine (a person or thing), to take into consideration, to look kindly on, to take care of, to protect (someone), to concern, to affect, (reflexive) to notice (something), to realize (something) (all 12th cent.), to turn one's attention on (someone), to recompense, reward (c1200), to catch sight of, to recognize, to find (early 13th cent.), to look for (a person) (13th cent.), to observe (second half of the 13th cent.), to consider, view, to enquire (both second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to consult (c1300), (with infinitive) to make sure to do something (first half of the 14th cent.), (especially in legal use) to examine, to determine (mid 14th cent.), to reflect, consider (second half of the 14th cent.), (of a thing) to be facing (something) (second half of the 14th cent.), to expect (late 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < re- re- prefix + garder guard v. Compare post-classical Latin regardare to inspect (forests) (1200 in a British source), to concern (1573 in a British source). Compare also Franco-Occitan regarder (c1180), Old Occitan regarder (12th cent.), Catalan reguardar (14th cent.), Spanish reguardar (c1250), Italian riguardare (late 12th cent.). Compare reward v.

I. Senses relating to attention, consideration, or relation.

†1. transitive. With that-clause. To consider to be the case. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1348 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 4 (MED) That non be so hardi to wirk by nyȝt no werk of peauter be cause it is regarded amonge thaym that the vew of the night is not so profitable ne certen as is of the day.

†2.

a. transitive. To look after (oneself); to take care or be mindful of (one's own interest, health, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after > one's own interest, health, etc.

regard1509

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xlv. 222 Set not your mynde vpon worldly welthe But euermore regarde your soules helthe.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxvii. f. liiii^v Thou well knowest our owne [part] is moost to be regardyd.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxvij Admonisheth al men that regarde theyr saluation, to beware of that Bishoppes kyngdom.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 40 It is my..desire, that you regard your owne health.

1606 H. Garnet Let. 4 Mar. in G. Anstruther Vaux of Harrowden (1953) ii. x. 349 For God's sake provide bedding for these 3, James John and Harry, by begging or by money if there be to spare, your own necessities always regarded.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1333 Regard thy self, this will offend them highly.

1742 Weddell Incle & Yarico ii. iv. 35 If you regard yourself, urge not a Word In her Behalf, but let her Guilt pronounce Her Punishment.

1783 J. Logan Runnamede i. vi. 18 Think of thy duty now. Respect thy Father, and regard thyself.

1800 B. Thompson tr. J. M. Babo Otto of Wittelsbach iv. 83 Dare not to lay a hand upon him, as you regard yourselves.

b. transitive. To consider, take into account. Also with that-clause as object. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxii. 255 Therfore, sir, regarde well in what place ye wyll haue one of your peeres iugyd.

1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xvii. 38 Which Bookes..be not to be regarded toward the new printed Testament in Englishe.

1599 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Ded. sig. A2^v Regarding that by a reuew of the same it hath now receiued some shape and proportion.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 255 As thou lou'st Siluia..Regard thy danger, and along with me.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 70 Neither regarding that she is my childe, Nor fearing me.

1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden i. xiv. 52 It is good for some purposes to regard the age of your fruit trees.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 168 Beauty remains behind as the last to be regarded.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Measure of time, is much to be regarded in handling Nativities, that when you have a Direction, you may know how long it will be before it operates.

c1732 B. Franklin Providence of God in Papers (1959) I. 268 He is no more to be regarded than a lifeless Image, than Dagon, or Baall.

1798 H. Brand Adelinda iv. viii, in Plays & Poems 336 Dorcas! whatever you may say, is too late,—too late to be regarded now.

c. intransitive. To deliberate, think carefully. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)]

thinkOE

bethinka1200

umthinka1300

to have mind ofc1300

casta1340

studya1375

delivera1382

to chew the cudc1384

to take advisementa1393

stema1400

compassc1400

advisec1405

deliberc1405

to make it wisec1405

to take deliberationc1405

enter?a1413

riddlec1426

hovec1440

devise?c1450

to study by (also in) oneself?c1450

considerc1460

porec1500

regard1523

deliberate1543

to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546

contemplate1560

consult1565

perpend1568

vise1568

to consider of1569

weigh1573

ruminate1574

dascanc1579

to lay to (one's) heart1588

pondera1593

debate1594

reflect1596

comment1597

perponder1599

revolvea1600

rumine1605

consider on, upon1606

to think twice1623

reflex1631

spell1645

ponderatea1652

to turn about1725

to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736

to wake over1771

incubatea1847

mull1857

fink1888

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cclxxxx/1 It behoueth vs to regarde wisely, and to take counsayle in this mater.

d. intransitive. To look to; to refer to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > refer or relate

returna1393

referc1405

regard1525

tend1571

relate1609

reflect1617

advert1765

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxxxiv. f. xcvi/2 Refrayne your euyll wyll and moderate your courage and regarde to reason [Fr. regardez a raison].

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Oo2^v The vnder ones..cannot by nature regarde to any preseruation but of themselues.

1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 249 To this custome the Angel in the Revelation is thought to regard.

a. transitive. To value or set store by (a thing); to judge to have merit. In later use usually in passive and with modifying adverb such as highly, little, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > regard as important

to lay prize, store upona1307

counta1400

regard1509

esteema1568

to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811

to give (full, due) weight to1885

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii Tryfelous thynges y^t were lytell to be regarded she wolde let passe by.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings x. 21 All kynge Salomons drynkynge vessels were of golde,..for syluer was not regarded in Salomons tyme.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 24 Then we were of reckning; our feats weare duelye regarded.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxii. 48 Notwithstanding this abusive custome..loyaltie in married women is highly regarded.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xxii. 72 Origene, who so much regardes the writings of Plato.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 80 It did grieve him to see how little the rare workes of Protogenes were regarded.

1698 E. Stillingfleet Serm. III. vi. 242 In Matters of Religion, Moral Difficulties are more to be regarded than Intellectual.

1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. ix. 91 Reputation was a thing little regarded among them.

1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 471 Musquashes, and even Bevers, were not much regarded, until the English..encouraged the pursuit of them.

1801 B. Thompson tr. A. von Kotzebue Lovers' Vows 9 A certificate of birth is as little regarded as the diploma of nobility.

1846 Preston Guardian 28 Nov. He had looked to the cheap lines and dear lines [of the railways], some which stood high in the public estimation, and some that were not so highly regarded.

1877 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 10 Nov. 7/4 He highly regarded the writings of the great lights of the Church in the past.

1933 J. N. Gowanloch Fishes & Fishing Louisiana iii. 373 The Northern Pike attains a weight of 25 pounds and is highly regarded for its food value.

1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart i. 4 Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly.

1999 Healthy Eating Aug. 67/1 Also, milk was poorly regarded and rightly so; whey and buttermilk were looked on more favourably—‘whey houses’ now becoming popular.

b. transitive. To hold (a person) in (a specified degree of) esteem; to have a regard for. Formerly also: †to respect, look up to (obsolete). In later use usually in passive and with modifying adverb such as highly, little, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)]

haveeOE

weenc1000

praisec1250

setc1374

set by1393

endaunt1399

prizec1400

reverencec1400

tender1439

repute1445

to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457

to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475

pricec1480

to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483

force1509

to look upon ——c1515

to have (also hold) in estimationc1522

to make reckoning of1525

esteem1530

regard1533

to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540

value1549

to make dainty of (anything)1555

reckon1576

to be struck on1602

agrade1611

respect1613

beteem1627

appreciate1648

to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665

to think small beer of1816

to think the world of1826

existimate1847

reckon1919

rate1973

the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb (transitive)] > hold (a person) in great esteem

regard1533

sussyc1560

1533 T. Elyot Pasquil the Playne f. 10 Saynctes blasphemed, and miracles reproued for iougglynges lawes and statutes contemned and officers littell regarded.

1543 More's Hist. Richard III in Chron. J. Hardyng f. lxiii They wer before greatelye estemed emonge the people, but after that, neuer none of these two were regarded.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cvi^v For refusyng of this office therle of Northumberland was not regarded of his owne tenauntes.

a1573 W. Lauder Minor Poems (1870) 37 And thow Layk substance of thy awin..Thow will be Lytill regardit in this Land.

1632 E. Blount in J. Lyly Sixe Court Comedies Ep. Ded. All our Ladies were then his Schollers; And that Beautie in Court, which could not Parley Euphueisme, was as little regarded; as shee which now there, speakes not French.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 184 Thus the English Bishops that formerly did but regard Rome, now give their estates, bodies, and soules unto her service.

1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. xi. 226 Why do you and all men regard or reward a loving thankful obedient child..?

1702 R. Steele Funeral i. 14 I have in vain done all I can to make her regard me.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iv. 48 I was far their inferior, and upon that account very little regarded.

1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 10 She does not regard you enough.

1816 J. Austen Emma II. ii This was Colonel Campbell, who had very highly regarded Fairfax, as an excellent officer and most deserving young man.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiii. 195 I regard him so much—for you know we have been like brothers—that I hope..the quarrel may be settled.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘A matterless body’, one little regarded or respected.

1919 S. J. Weyman Great House (1922) xiv. 122 He was only a small squire, a little more regarded than the new men about him.

1989 G. Daly Pre-Raphaelites in Love i. 13 They discovered..a common passion for Keats, who was then little regarded.

1999 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide I. iii. 498/1 This 1972 recording, still widely available, demonstrates..why Mustapha is so highly regarded at home and abroad.

†c. transitive. With that-clause as object. To appreciate the fact, think it well. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approve [verb (intransitive)]

allow?c1550

subscribe1553

regard1621

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 385 Those..will not much admire, nor yet greatly regard, that a Patron of Sacriledge for Lay-Vsurpers, should become a Practiser for Lay-elders.

†a. transitive. To heed or take into account in determining action or conduct. Also with subordinate clause as object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > take into account, consider

thinka1225

reckona1375

aima1382

allowa1382

considerc1385

accounta1393

regard1512

impute1532

respect1548

to consider of1569

compute1604

to consult with1639

to take into (the) account1660

consult1682

consult for1814

to factor in1964

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 2 Preamble The persons so offendyng litell regarde the punysshment therof by..the Comen lawe.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. iiij^v Regarding the authoritie of no man.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. x. 19 They that regard not the Law are a dishonourable seed.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 787 Eve Intent now wholly on her taste, naught else Regarded .

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 55. 356 They regard not speaking Truth, but making their Fortunes.

1794 J. Boaden Fontainville Forest ii. 9 Extravagant professions I regard not. The first test I exact from you is truth.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ii. 52 He said it should never be, he did not regard his mother's anger, while he could have my affections.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 109 The perfect citizen is he who regards not only the laws but the precepts of the legislator.

1883 T. Hardy Romantic Adventures Milkmaid v. 27 She took no heed of the path now, nor regarded whether her pretty slippers became scratched by the brambles or no.

†b. transitive. To fear or be in awe of. Chiefly with allusion to biblical use (see quot. 1526). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)]

followOE

honourc1275

regard1526

to take off one's hat1571

respect1576

to see unto ——1579

suspect1590

honestate1623

defer1686

consider1692

to look up to1719

to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1938

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xviii. f. cv^v There was a Iudge in a certaine cite, which feared not god nether regarded man.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Eii^v Regarde no person, feare no man.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 59 Here's Beauford, that regards nor God nor King.

1640 E. Buckler Buckler against Fear of Death ii. v. sig. G8 He fear'd not mans law nor regarded Gods.

1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill vii. 153 The rich, to foul oppression born, and bred, To reason blinded, and to feeling dead, From childhood, train'd to wield the iron rod, Alike regard not man, and fear not God.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 208 Tyrants who neither fear God nor regard man.

†c. transitive. To pay attention to (a person speaking, words spoken, etc.). Obsolete.Cf. disregard v. b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] > listen attentively, heed

listc897

listenc950

hearOE

hearkenc1000

harkc1175

listc1175

to-heara1250

listenc1290

to listen onc1330

to wait to ——c1440

regard1533

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. lxxxiii^v Yf it appere vnto the graund iury in theyr conscyence, that the petyt iury wylfully of some corrupte mynde regarded not the wytnessys.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zech. i. 4 They wolde not heare, ner regarde me, saieth the Lorde.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 86 He talkt very wisely, but I regarded him not.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Psalm lxxviii. 8 Annot. 150 None wil regard the truth which we professe.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 174 The lawless Tyrant, who denies To know thir God, or message to regard .

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 213 The Earl..said, he knew Sharp too well to regard any thing that came from him.

1728 T. Sheridan in tr. Persius Satyrs Ded. p. iv Having so faithfully regarded the last Advice, which I gave You.

1799 C. T. Smith What is She? ii. i If you had ever regarded my instructions, Mr. Gurnet, you wou'd have known that persons of fashion play cards with people at night, they are ashamed to speak to in the morning.

1863 J. E. Johnston in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1864) VII. ii. 477/2 General Pemberton made not a single movement in obedience to my orders, and regarded none of my instructions.

d. transitive. To show consideration for. Now rare.In later use often with allusion to quot. 1549.

ΚΠ

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. ix Whiche sanctuary good men as me thinketh might without synne, somewhat lesse regard then they do.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. v He hathe regarded the lowelinesse of hys handemaiden.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 426 Should I of these the liberty regard ..?

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. l. 229 Without regarding the sanctity of days or months, to pursue the unbelieving nations of the earth.

1837 J. H. Pinder Serm. ii. 43 How softly does the virgin's gentle hymn fall on the ear, rejoicing in God her Saviour, for regarding the lowliness of His handmaiden!

1842 Ld. Tennyson Love thou thy Land in Poems (new ed.) I. 224 Gentle words are always gain; Regard the weakness of thy peers.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 13 We may be led to think that the rights of Englishmen were..strictly regarded.

1977 R. Wiebe Scorched-wood People iii. i. 221 We must sacrifice our smallness to God and then He will regard our lowliness.

a. transitive. To look upon with a particular feeling, attitude, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] > form an opinion > of a certain kind

regard?1518

take1518

contain1602

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Bvi Hym chefely to regarde, with mekest dyligence..whom thou art most bounde to.

1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Z.i^v If this God, regard with angrie cheere, The vice on yearth, that vainly we committe.

1615 W. Mure Misc. Poems xiv. 17 That hyer Powares be w^t feir regairdit.

1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum xxi. 115 (heading) Altars Consecrated with more ceremony, and regarded with more reverence, than any part of the Church.

1662 R. Baxter Now or Never 92 What is more evident..then that God and our salvation cannot be regarded with too much holy seriousness, exactness and industry?

1700 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. conc. Search after Truth I. iv. viii. 156 They are regarded with Admiration, when being rais'd to some Preferment or Honour.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 179. ⁋3 Deformity itself is regarded with tenderness rather than aversion.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 156 The stamp of artless piety..The youth..Regards with scorn.

1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) v. 62 The shortest way to a good issue was to regard the claims of the people with respect.

1884 Manch. Examiner 22 May 5/2 A war which the great majority of the nation regarded with unaffected dislike.

1906 J. Conrad Mirror of Sea xxii. 109 Some of us, regarding the ocean with understanding and affection, have seen it looking old.

1955 O. Manning Doves of Venus ii. ii. 112 Secretly, she came to regard her work with admiration.

1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. iii. 65 Going to the dance-halls..was regarded with a great deal of suspicion by older people.

b. transitive. To consider, look on, view, as being something specified. Also occasionally with simple object complement in same sense, and with other constructions. (Now the usual sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as

telleOE

talec897

seeOE

letc1000

holdc1200

reckon1340

aima1382

accounta1387

counta1387

judgec1390

takea1400

countc1400

receivec1400

existimatec1430

to look on ——?c1430

makec1440

reputea1449

suppose1474

treatc1485

determinea1513

recount?c1525

esteem1526

believe1533

estimate?1533

ascribe1535

consider1539

regard1547

count1553

to look upon ——1553

take1561

reck1567

eye?1593

censure1597

subscribe1600

perhibit1613

behold1642

resent1642

attributea1657

fancy1662

vogue1675

decount1762

to put down1788

to set down1798

rate1854

have1867

mean1878

1547 T. Cranmer Certayne Serm. sig. M.j For euery Christian mannes worde (saieth sainct Hierome) should be so true, that it should bee regarded as an othe.

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 161 I fride in loue of Bryseis worthy dame, And hir regarded as my spouse a prisner though she came.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 143 Let him be regarded As the most Noble Coarse, that euer Herald Did follow to his Vrne.

1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 246 He will be regarded as y^e great patron of y^e protestant Interest.

1711 J. Gay Present State of Wit 20 The Spectator, whom we regard as our Shelter from that Flood of False Wit and Impertinence.

1781 W. Cowper Progress of Error 148 If he the tinkling harpsichord regards As inoffensive, what offence in cards?

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vii. 269 Whatever constitutes atonement, therefore, must..be regarded a safe..remedy.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 120 The interests of the nation..entitled him to regard his position under another aspect.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. i. iii. 39 He regarded his submission as the end of the dispute.

1934 R. Lynd Both Sides of Road xvi. 100 Children regard fast traffic merely as a means to their amusement.

1960 New Scientist 10 Mar. 585 These characteristics make it convenient to discuss infectivity mechanisms from the standpoint of viruses regarded as independent entities.

2005 Racing Post (Nexis) 21 June 10 Many pop stars still regarded a racehorse as the ultimate status symbol.

a. (a) transitive. To take notice of, heed, pay attention to; to take or show an interest in; also: †to look after, take care of (obsolete). †(b) intransitive. To pay attention, take notice; usually in negative contexts (obsolete). Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)]

lookeOE

reckOE

heedOE

turna1200

beseec1200

yeme?c1225

to care forc1230

hearkenc1230

tendc1330

tentc1330

hangc1340

rewarda1382

behold1382

convert1413

advertc1425

lotec1425

resortc1450

advertise1477

mark1526

regard1526

pass1548

anchor1557

eye1592

attend1678

mind1768

face1863

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)]

yemec897

understandc1000

beseea1225

heeda1225

bihedec1250

tentc1330

to look into ——c1350

rewardc1350

undertakea1382

considerc1385

recorda1393

behold?a1400

receivea1425

advertc1425

attend1432

advertise?a1439

regard1526

respect1543

eye?c1550

mind1559

panse1559

to take knowledge of1566

to consider of1569

suspect1590

pass1609

matter1652

watch1676

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)]

lookeOE

heeda1225

recka1225

intendc1374

curec1384

observec1390

fandc1425

to see unto ——a1470

wake1525

regard1526

tend1549

study1557

foresee1565

beware1566

to have the care of1579

reckon1622

mind1740

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > pay due or particular attention to

acknowledge?1526

regard1526

observe1560

advise?1567

distinguish1607

follow1824

to tip one's hat (or cap)1975

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after

yknowOE

knowlOE

to care forc1230

bihedec1250

beseec1300

to look to ——c1300

seea1325

await1393

observea1425

procurea1425

to look after ——1487

to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500

regard1526

to see after ——1544

to look unto ——1545

attendc1572

to take care of1579

curea1618

tend1631

to look over ——1670

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. viii. 9 They continued nott in my testament, and I regarded them not sayth the lorde.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Priuate Baptisme f. viii*^v Regarde we beseche thee, the supplicacions of thy congregacion.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xix. 128 Bot he regardit nocht tyl ony greis of consanguinite.

1591 Chester Pl. xiii. 27 Other sheep I haue,..they be not of this flocke, yet will I them regarde.

c1605 (?a1500) London Lickpenny (Harl. 367) l. 32 in Anglia (1898) 20 413 Many I found earnyng of pence, But none at all once regarded mee.

a1628 J. Preston Treat. Effectual Faith (1631) 74 There be many works that have a specious and faire shew in the view of men; But..God regards them not.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 44 Now reignes Full Orb'd the Moon..; in vain, If none regard .

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1157 Presume not on thy God, what e're he be, Thee he regards not.

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) v. i 'Till thou regard my ceaseless Cries.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 114 Regard not though it prick or shoot for a Time.

1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus i. 38 Bless the nations and regard my prayer.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. ii. 34 I caught a dreadful cold, but that I did not regard .

1834 B. Disraeli Revolutionary Epick ii. xxiv. 127 As the shells upon the silent shore, That none regardeth.

1881 T. E. Brown Fo'c's'le Yarns (1889) 64 On his back, a bundle—I didn regard what, but something white.

1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xv. 221 I did not regard it, and you need not either.

†b. transitive. With infinitive or that-clause as object. To take care to do something; to see to it or take care that something is done. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > take care > to do something

await?c1430

regard1535

to be surec1555

observe1611

consider1646

to look out1655

see1734

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > take care > take care that something be done

foreseec900

witea1000

seec1300

awaitc1400

waitc1400

wakea1425

overseea1470

to see to ——1474

wardc1475

regard1535

to wait on ——1596

attend1612

examine1683

1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace f. 127^v And howe shuld he denye dewe reuerence to the preestis of god, whiche cared or regarded to gyue this reuerence euen to the seculer powres also?

c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune B iv But yet he must regarde,..That all his goodes be got by way of rightousnes.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 41^v In reapyng, you must regarde to goe with the wynde.

1581 W. Borough Discours Variation Cumpas vii. sig. D.iv^v You must regard that you force it not from one side of the Horizon to an other, but that it rest equidistant in the same.

1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 202 Little remembering and lesse regarding to lay the blame where it is.

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 17 They who play at Tennis..regard not onely to toss back the ball dextrously, but also [etc.].

†c. transitive. With infinitive as object. To be concerned about doing something; to care. Usually in negative contexts. Also occasionally intransitive. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > care or reck

reckOE

force1471

regardc1540

pass1548

skill1821

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. F.iiii Schaw now quhat princis..with thair blud our liberteis hes coft Regardyng nocht to de amang thair fois.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes 23 For covetous parsons lytle regard to shorten their life, so that they may augment their ryches.

c1600 Constance of Cleveland in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Ballads (1857) IV. 229 The Knight nothing regarded To see the Lady scoffed.

1619 M. Drayton Barons Warres vi. lxxiii, in Poems 93 None regarded to maintaine the Light, Which being ouer-wasted, was gone out.

a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) III. 559 It was givin to his optioun whether he would be content to be hanged or headed. He regarded not, but was content of heading.

1694 J. Lowde Disc. conc. Nature of Man sig. A8 How doth he sometimes seem to march boldly into his Enemy's Country, and leave their greatest strength behind him, never regarding to answer the Reasons upon which the contrary Opinion is founded?

†7. With infinitive as object.

a. transitive. To have it in mind; to seek, plan. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something

cuneOE

seekc1000

fanda1225

suec1325

tastec1330

enforcec1340

study1340

temptc1384

intendc1385

assaila1393

proffera1393

to make meansc1395

search?a1400

fraistc1400

pursuec1400

to go aboutc1405

pretend1482

attempta1513

essay?1515

attend1523

regarda1533

offer1541

frame1545

to stand about1549

to put into (also in) practice1592

prove1612

imitate1626

snap1766

begin1833

make1880

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) sig. Hj^v They that be yll, regarde to distroy the good.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 365 Every man looked only after his own ease, or his own gain, or his own advancement; but none regarded to amend any thing amiss, or took to heart the wrongs and sufferings of poor men.

1699 J. Raynor & J. Coughen tr. N. Fontaine Hist. Old & New Test. (new ed.) 13/2 The Rapid Insensibility of the Men of that time, who both seeing the Ark a building, and knowing the design thereof, yet never regarded to go about the reforming their Vices and dissolute Manners.

b. transitive. To be inclined or desirous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > be inclined [verb (intransitive)]

inclinea1413

willc1443

please?1467

regard?1542

fantasy1548

depend1586

to be bent1626

point1638

bias1656

to be on1886

?1542 R. Taverner On Saynt Andrewes Day Gospels f. xliiij Wherfore it is moche to be feared that like as we haue not regarded to knowe god: so god wil giue vs vp into a disalowed minde.

?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Bbvii^v Neyther regarde they to knele any more doune and to kysse their pontifical rynges.

1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. iii. 127 Crates the Theban, wondred at this preposterous care of parents, regarding to leaue their children rich, but neither wise nor honest.

1633 E. Ford Montelyon xii. 67 They suddenly heard a cry on the outside of the battell, with which noyse, Montelyon not regarding to be counselled, set spurs to his Horse, and hasted thither.

1695 W. J. tr. R. Rapin in tr. R. Le Bossu Treat. Epick Poem Pref. Transl. sig. a2 He only regarded to express the haughtiness of his Nation in his Poem of the Conquest of the Indies.

a. transitive. To concern, have relation or respect to. Now rare except in sense 8b. See also regarding prep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > concern or refer to

beholda1067

atrinea1250

toucha1325

concernc1400

refera1538

to have respect to (formerly also unto)1542

respect1543

import?1560

regard1605

cerna1616

interest1638

1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 302 Businesse, of high nature, with your Lordship,..and which reguards you much.

1700 J. Buerdsell Disc. & Ess. Several Subj. 94 The Duties of the first Table, which regard God, were advanc'd to the highest pitch before our Saviour's coming.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 72. ⁋1 I have few Notices but such as regard Follies and Vices.

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. Introd. 5 Morals and criticism regard our tastes and sentiments.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iv. 72 The deed is done, And what may follow now regards not me.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. v. 117 If these things regarded only myself, I could stand it with composure.

1894 R. L. Stevenson Pacific Capitals 137 [We] have been brought up to understand..honesty itself to be a virtue which regards the carrying out, but not the creation, of agreements.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xi–xiii. 287 There appeared to be in me then, as I find it to be in me now, such an entire loss of what regards myself, that any of my own interests gave me little pain or pleasure.

b. transitive. as regards, as regarded (now rare), †as regarding: with respect or reference to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning

forasmuch1297

as to1340

as fora1393

nentesa1400

accordingc1430

as respects1543

in (also with) relation to1551

relatively1609

quoad1622

referently1650

on, upon the score (of)1651

on account of1653

schetically1678

with a view to1692

apropos1749

as regards1797

in the matter of1881

in aid of1918

wise1942

the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to

in wise ofc1290

by (also for) reason ofa1350

as to (the) regard ofc1392

in regard of or toc1392

upon the side ofa1393

with regard toc1392

in respect of?a1425

in this (also that) behalf1458

upon the feat of1483

for (the) respect of1489

as pertains to1526

in order to1526

with respect1556

ad idem1574

on this behalf1581

in or with reference to1593

quoad hoc1601

in point of1605

with intuition to (of)1626

in the mention of1638

in terms of1704

how and about1753

as regards1797

as concerns1816

w.r.t.1956

1797 Treat. Police Metropolis (ed. 4) iv. 73 A distinction is made, as regards moral rectitude, in the minds of many individuals.

1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 408 That Church, and the Queen, its refounder, are clear of persecution, as regards the Romanists.

1848 H. Hallam Suppl. Notes View Europe Middle Ages ii. 78 Especially as regards the Visigothic and Burgundian partitions.

1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies 111 I am in motion, and all things beside That circle round my passage through their midst,—Motionless, these are, as regarding me.

1885 Law Times Rep. 52 651/1 He was in a thoroughly sound condition as regards intellect.

1920 R. Macaulay Potterism i. i. 5 He was one up on her as regards life, owing to that awful business sex.

1937 Times 16 Apr. 23/6 And this in spite of the fact that they were especially unfortunate as regarded the weather during the holiday periods.

1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game 120 As regards the maximum rates, these are prescribed when there is no competitive mode of transport.

2005 M. Roach Spook 13 For millions of people, religion will turn out to have been a bum steer as regards the hereafter.

II. Senses relating to actual sight.

a. transitive. Originally: to look at. Later: to gaze at; to observe. Usually with adverb or adverbial phrase.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold

to look to ——eOE

showeOE

lookeOE

lookOE

behold971

beseec1000

seeOE

to see on ——OE

yseeOE

belookc1175

to look against ——c1225

to lay eyes onc1230

biwaita1250

holde1303

aseea1325

to see upon ——a1350

rewardc1350

to look of ——?c1400

eyea1425

visage1450

aviewa1513

gove1513

regard1523

to look unto ——1545

respect1567

survise1600

aspect1610

reflect1611

inspeculate1694

spectate1709

to look for ——1786

deek1825

lookit1908

lamp1916

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxci. 227 Howbeit to regarde hit the fortresse was impregnable, yet he wanne hit by scalynge.

1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye sig. Fiii^v We that haue vsed our eyes al the yere in regardyng worldly pleasures.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 22 Your niece regards me with an eye of fauour.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 88 How, and which way I may bestow my selfe To be regarded in her sun-bright eye.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 91 Who doth attently regard a locust, or a caterpillar.

1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day iii. 57 Th' Almighty Judge bends forward from his Throne, These Scars to mark, and then regards his Own.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iv. 335 The poor Woman, who in her present Distress had very little regarded the Face of any Person present, no sooner looked at the Serjeant than she presently recollected him.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vi. 83 Thou Regardst them all with an impartial eye.

1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. xiii. 367 He..drove his axe into the tree with a vigour which was delightful to regard.

1923 W. Cather Lost Lady (1980) ii. ii. 115 He took the pale blue envelope again, and held it out at arm's length, regarding it.

1943 B. Smith Tree grows in Brooklyn xiii. 79 Sometimes Francie and Neeley sat regarding each other with steady eyes.

1988 J. Herbert Haunted xi. 93 They regarded him in silence.

2007 New Yorker 14 May 65/2 A white station wagon pulled up. Its driver, in an orange trucker hat, rolled down a window and regarded us warily.

†b. intransitive. To look, gaze. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look or behold

belookeOE

lookeOE

beseec1000

stareOE

showOE

beholdc1175

seec1225

heedc1275

witec1320

advisec1325

to see to ——a1375

rewarda1382

to cast an eye, glance, lookc1385

blush?a1400

glift?a1400

visea1400

considerc1400

vizy1513

regard1523

spectate1709

to have a see1839

look-see1862

vision1898

screw1905

shufti1943

to take (or have) a shufti1943

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvii. 338 Then the prince of Wales opened his Eyen and regarded towarde heuen.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 83 We with blind surmise Regarding, while she read.

†c. transitive. Of a place, part of a building, etc.: to face towards. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > be opposite (something) [verb (transitive)] > face (of things)

face1567

affront1575

frontier1579

regard1585

front1609

confront1610

to stand to ——1632

outfront1883

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ii. 32 b This Ile..regardeth towards y^e west y^e cape Malee.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) 119b Changeing purpois he..syne to the sey regarding Ireland [L. Ad mare quod Hibernia insulam spectat] convoyit his armye.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 436 Yet is one of the sides, much more Roman like than the other, I meane that which reguards the Sea.

1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 61 The Right Wing attacked those, who regarded the Camp of the Imperialists.

1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 346 I hastened to the other Front [of the house], which regards the NE.

†10. intransitive. To look, appear. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)]

looka1225

to make semblantc1290

to make or show (a specified) semblancea1387

showc1480

show1526

eyea1616

aspect1635

face1669

regard1820

feature1941

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 134 The hills and woods..Regard like shapes in an enchanter's glass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	regard
释义	regardn. Brit. /rᵻˈɡɑːd/, U.S. /rəˈɡɑrd/, /riˈɡɑrd/ Forms: Middle English ragarde, Middle English regart, Middle English–1600s regarde, Middle English–1700s reguard, Middle English– regard, late Middle English regrard (transmission error), 1600s reguarde, 1900s– regaird (Irish English (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 regair, pre-1700 regairde, pre-1700 regarde, pre-1700 regarid, pre-1700 regaurd, pre-1700 reguaird, pre-1700 regwaird, pre-1700 1700s reguard, pre-1700 1700s– regaird, pre-1700 1700s– regard. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reguard, regard. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman reguard, reguarde, Anglo-Norman and Middle French regard, regart, etc. (also reward , etc. reward n.; French regard ) look, glance, gaze (late 10th cent. in Old French), worry, apprehension, fear (12th cent.), attention paid to a person or thing (first half of the 12th cent.), reflection, circumspection, caution (1139 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), controller, administrator, governor (late 12th or early 13th cent.), aspect, view, inspection, examination, aspect of a planet (all second half of the 13th cent.), remuneration, payment (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), right to carry out an official inspection of a forest (1278 in Anglo-Norman), reward (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), consideration, purpose, boundary (of a forest) (all second half of the 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), official inspection of a forest (early 15th cent.), respect (mid 15th cent.), opinion (second half of the 15th cent.) < regarder regard v. Compare post-classical Latin regardum (jurisdiction or fine of) forest inspection or court (frequently from c1160 in British sources; frequently from c1180 as reguardum , also as reguarda ), reward, payment (frequently from 1248 in British sources). Compare also Old Occitan regart , Catalan reguard (13th cent. as reguart ), Spanish reguardo (1251), Italian riguardo (a1276). Compare reward n.With to take regard to (at sense 1b) compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French prendre regard à to pay attention to (second half of the 12th cent. in Old French in this sense). With to have regard to (at sense 3a) compare Middle French avoir regard à to take care of, to look after (late 15th cent. in this sense), prendre regard à to watch over (someone) (1530 in this sense). With in regard of (at Phrases 1a) compare Anglo-Norman a regard de and Middle French, French au regard de with respect to, concerning (1300 in this sense). With in regard of (at Phrases 2a) compare Anglo-Norman a regard de and Middle French, French au regard de in comparison with (early 13th cent. in this sense), and also Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French en regard de in comparison with (second half of the 13th cent. in this sense). I. Senses relating to attention, estimation, or affection. 1. a. In singular and plural. In early use: †detailed consideration of a problem or question (obsolete). Later: notice taken of a person or thing; close attention. Now rare or passing into sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun] > attention to, consideration regard1348 considerationc1386 circumspection1387 insight1390 mentionc1390 mindingc1449 religiousnessa1475 supervising?a1475 regarding1496 sussy1513 remorse1514 respectc1530 carec1540 re-look1855 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] i-mindOE studyinglOE mindc1300 bethinking1340 poring1340 regard1348 weighingc1380 contemplationc1390 advisementa1393 deliberationa1393 advicec1405 reckoninga1413 visement?1414 considerancec1420 advisenessc1425 revolutionc1425 rewardc1432 mind-takingc1449 umbethinkingc1450 advisednessc1475 considering1483 beholding1530 meditationa1535 pondering1535 cogitation?1542 expending1545 ponderation1556 perpending1558 well weighing1566 surview1576 reflex1593 revolve1595 lucubration1596 agitation1600 perpension1612 vizamenta1616 pensitation1623 perpensation1623 perpendment1667 ruminating1668 commentationa1670 revolving1670 reflectiona1674 introspectiona1676 propendencya1676 ponderment1728 chawing1845 1348 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 4 (MED) If any apprentise..trespasse anothir tyme, be he punishid bi the regard of the Craft. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 180 Touchand the quhilk debate, thare is grete regarde, and avis. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 261 By the aduise and regarde of the frenche kyng, and of his Counsaile. 1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror Ded. sig. ¶ij^v The reach of my duetie..simply laboreth to publish these regards, that common faults may be amended. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde To Rdr. sig. B3 This man, like a madde dogge runneth at euerie man without regarde. 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. III. 390 If he see..an horse come neere vnto him, he neuer taketh regard who rides him. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) ii. §3. 75 We shall accordingly observe Omens..to command the most solemn regards of Persons, whose Imagination is more busie and active then their Reason. 1675 tr. W. Camden Hist. Princess Elizabeth (rev. ed.) iii. 280 Beseeching him that these my..Lamentations may now at length find Regard with you. 1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xvii. 536 Creatures..so much beneath his regards. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §3 They no sooner appear, than quick as lightening the thing signified succeeds, and engrosses all our regard. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 103 Socrates was the only one, whose regards were fixed upon the mind. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 661 The conduct pursued by the Governor-General is the next object of regard. 1820 W. Jay Prayers 322 We..implore thy favorable regards to the privileged country in which we live. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. i. 7 There is no special concentration of regard upon the language. b. Chiefly with to, for, †that. Attention or heed paid to a person or thing, as having an effect or influence on action or conduct; respect or deference due to an authority, principle, etc. Originally in to have (also †make, take) regard to or † that. Occasionally in plural (Caribbean in later use). Frequently in negative contexts: cf. Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun] gomec1175 thoughtc1175 tenta1300 curec1300 intentc1320 keepa1325 heed1357 attendancec1374 attentionc1374 aspect1393 marka1400 notea1400 advertencea1413 markingc1443 regard1457 advertisementc1487 noticec1487 attent?a1500 advertation?c1500 respect1509 garda1569 intendiment1590 on-waiting1590 attend1594 tendment1597 attending1611 fixationa1631 adversion1642 heeding1678 attendancya1680 perpensity1704 observe1805 intending1876 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE weenc1000 praisec1250 setc1374 set by1393 endaunt1399 prizec1400 reverencec1400 tender1439 repute1445 to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457 to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475 pricec1480 to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483 force1509 to look upon ——c1515 to have (also hold) in estimationc1522 to make reckoning of1525 esteem1530 regard1533 to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540 value1549 to make dainty of (anything)1555 reckon1576 to be struck on1602 agrade1611 respect1613 beteem1627 appreciate1648 to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665 to think small beer of1816 to think the world of1826 existimate1847 reckon1919 rate1973 1457 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 86 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 Summe personnes of you hauyng no Regard that my lord ys your foundour..laboure the contrarie of my said lordes entent. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 223 Well aught they to haue regarde [a1500 Rawl. take hede] to that is said. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 26 My herte Iugeth that ye shall haue grete Regard vnto my good wil. 1512 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 195 When I remembre the small regarde that dyvers made unto the saide lettyr. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 231 Thei tooke no regarde vnto his woordes, but persisted in their querele & noyse makyng. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. vj^v [He] had to little regarde to the Byshop of Rome his authoritie. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 53 Without regard that he had but the other day worne vpon his head the imperiall crowne. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 16 Fearing the Deitie, With some regard to what is just and right. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. Ded. sig. Aiv I now attempt to express my infinite Regards and Veneration of Your Grace's Transcendent Undertakings. 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) ciii. iv So much his boundless Love transcends The small Regards that we can pay. 1764 Museum Rusticum 2 lix. 171 When I sow vetches before wheat, I always, in the spending my crop, have regard to the condition of my land. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 679 Disclaiming all regard For mercy and the common rights of man. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 288 Due regard was paid to the feelings..of the people. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 31 A divine lawgiver must surely have had regard to all the different kinds of virtue. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience x. 218 I attended, but paid no regard to what he said in his prayer, but continued praying in those words of the Psalm. 1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xvi. 93 Out of a tactful regard for his feelings, nobody had told him. 1973 Montserrat Mirror 13 Apr. 2 A prison should be a community within a community, with a disciplined approach to work and living [and] with regards for good work. 1988 Music & Lett. 69 561 Lassus shows no regard for the Counter-Reformation principles of Trent in his selection of basic material. 1992 UNESCO Courier Feb. 8/2 During work sessions..we had an opportunity to give due regard to this source which Europeans had tended to consider as irrational. †c. Concern, care, or interest directed to some purpose. Chiefly in to have regard to. Also: (a) concern that something be done. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care or kindly interest regard?a1518 carec1540 tender1598 resentment1641 concern1877 ?a1518 H. Watson Ualentyne & Orson (1555) lxxiv. sig. Rr.vii Frende sayde Orson for God haue regarde therto. 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 27 §70 Which two constables..shall haue especial regarde to the conseruacion of the kinges peace. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. viii. 41 They haue a regarde that in the plague time no shippe..do enter into their port. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments To Rdr. Out of the respect I bore to venerable Antiquity, and the due regard to continue the remembrance of the defunct to future posteritie. 1634 Mirrour New Reformation xi. 67 Be sure you haue regard that none be stayd, When the wise wil not, for to take the mayd. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 407 It were no difficult contrivance, if the Publick had any regard to it, to make the English Tongue immutable. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xv. 436 They seem to have but little regard to the support of their masts, to which their stays and shrouds hold no proportion. 1803 W. Davy Syst. Divinity XIX. ccclxxii. 137 A careful Regard to Fame and a good Report. †d. Care in doing something; close attention to some principle, process, or method. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] yemec893 carefulnessa1000 getec1175 gomec1175 tenta1300 curec1300 keepa1325 diligence1340 heed1357 tentivenessa1382 observancec1390 businessa1398 reasona1398 attendancec1400 resporta1413 curiosityc1430 mindingc1449 reckc1475 respect1509 regardshipa1513 looking unto1525 peradvertencea1529 looking toa1535 solicitudea1535 looking after?1537 solicitudeness1547 care1548 solicitnessc1550 caring1556 heedfulness1561 solicitateness1562 hofulness1566 regard1573 charishness1587 on-waiting1590 heediness1596 take-heed1596 respectiveness1598 observationa1616 solicitousness1636 heeding1678 curiousness1690 solicitation1693 attention1741 craftsmanship1850 1573 Treat. Arte of Limming f. viii And note [tha]t there is great regard to be had to [th]e wel grinding & te[m]p[ri]ng of the colours, & to the placing of them vpon the worke. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. E.ij^v A souldiour cannot haue Too great regarde, wheron his knife should cut. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) So great Regard [Fr. circonspection] there was amongst the Ancients in making of War. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 31 So much for Pauses, Emphasis, and Cadence: A careful Regard to all which is the first Rule for attaining a right Pronunciation. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xviii. 177 This time he had more regard to the ‘mollia tempora fandi’, and succeeded very well. †e. A thing or circumstance looked to, or taken into account, in determining action; a consideration; a motive. Chiefly in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive achesounc1230 encheason1297 quarrel1340 occasionc1384 springa1398 motive?a1439 motionc1475 springa1500 respect1528 regard1579 moment1611 movent1651 umbrage1664 what makes (someone) tick1931 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 188/2 Therfore must we haue an other regard to cause vs to come nigh to God, to wit, our Lord Iesus Christ. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 130 Their king was alwaies chosen by the voices of the people: wherein they had these regards; that hee were aged, milde, and childlesse. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 24 This conjunction of grace in the soule doth more indeare my mother and kinsmen unto me, then all earthly, and bodily regards whatsoever. 1708 J. Swift Predict. for 1708 8 My Fortune has plac'd me above the little Regards of scribbling for a few Pence. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 286 Those higher and more large regards by which alone men come to be affected. View more context for this quotation 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) v. 139 A benevolence which shall lose all particular regards in its general light. †f. An instance of looking to a person, God, etc., for guidance as to action or conduct. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun] > to someone else regard1726 retrospection1747 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iii. 50 Throw off all Regards to others, and we should be quite indifferent to Infamy and to Honour. 1729 W. Law Serious Call xi. 163 That it will be made too anxious a state, by thus introducing a regard to God in all our actions. 2. a. Repute, standing; estimation in which a person or thing is held; value, importance. of small, great, etc., regard: of little, great, etc., account, estimation, importance, or value (in quot. 1556² without of, in predicative use). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] nameeOE talec1175 fame?c1225 lose1297 creancec1330 stevenc1374 opinionc1384 credencec1390 recorda1393 renowna1400 reputationc1400 reportc1425 regardc1440 esteema1450 noisea1470 reapport1514 estimation1530 savour1535 existimationa1538 countenancea1568 credit1576 standing1579 stair1590 perfumec1595 estimate1597 pass1601 reportage1612 vibration1666 suffrage1667 rep1677 face1834 odour1835 rap1966 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [adjective] > having type of reputation of no, great, small, etc., reputationa1398 of small, great, etc., regardc1440 c1440 (?a1396) W. Hilton in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 20 (MED) I halde it sekyre þat he be meke..and halde þis mynde in regarde noghte, till he mowe..fele þe fyre of lufe. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 73 Al oure tyme is of litil regarde to þe euerlasting terme. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 154^v So greatly was an othe had in regard, at those dayes. 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. B3^v Thocht thay ryde, on mulis, or hors Itt is bot small regarde, or fors. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 685 A noble Gentleman of high regard. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 123 What things there are. Most obiect in regard, and deere in vse, What things againe most deere in the esteeme: And poore in worth. View more context for this quotation 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxi. 149 In fights, all receipts which adde courage and spirit, are of great regard, to be allowed, and vsed. 1637 J. Milton Comus 21 A certaine shepheard lad Of small regard to see to, yet well skill'd In every vertuous plant. 1670 I. Walton Life R. Hooker 138 in Lives [This] is a Point in my Opinion of great regard. 1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress iii Whilom a Twig of small Regard to see. ?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 206 I am a Bard of no regard, Wi' gentle folks, an' a' that. 1848 R. Mant Matin Bell vi. 199 And so farewell to yonder sacred tower..Of small regard to see to and of power Can hardly dare the curious mind engage. 1908 J. London Martin Eden xxxiv. 302 Nevertheless, by his masterly operation and improvement of her kitchen-laundry, he fell an immense distance in her regard. 2006 H. S. Shapiro Losing Heart iii. 55 An individual of little regard or value to others in our society. †b. in a person's regard: in a person's opinion, according to a person's judgement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [adverb] in my (also his, their, etc.) sense1591 in a person's regard1598 according to one's lights (also light)1645 in a person's book1934 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 59 Sicke in the worlds regard; wretched and low. View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 67 + 8 That one,..in my regard Of the vnworthiest siedge. 1686 tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Ignatius vi. 353 We only ought to fear, least our Sins may have been the cause of our losing him; and least his death, in our regard, may have been a punishment from God. 1798 J. Boaden Cambro-Britons i. 23 Did we flourish, I should be thron'd too high for your associate; And you be common men in my regard. 3. a. Care or concern for a person or thing. Originally in †to take (also have) regard to (or of): to take care of, look after, protect (a person, a person's life, etc.) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after yknowOE knowlOE to care forc1230 bihedec1250 beseec1300 to look to ——c1300 seea1325 await1393 observea1425 procurea1425 to look after ——1487 to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500 regard1526 to see after ——1544 to look unto ——1545 attendc1572 to take care of1579 curea1618 tend1631 to look over ——1670 a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince l. 399 in Poems (1899) 25 (MED) Haueth a prouidence That no hurt fal to youre noble highnesse..Hauyng al waies a tendre regarde to youre seuretee. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccvi. 99 b/2 They desyred his noblenes to take some regarde to them [Fr. si luy prierent que par sa noblesse il luy vousist entendre]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxxiv. 8 Seynge that my shepherdes take no regarde off my shepe. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 145^v The man must haue regarde to his owne life, and helth. ?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 104^v Was not..Alexandor warned by a vision to take more regarde vnto hys life then he did? 1611 Bible (King James) Tobit iii. 15 Command some regard to be had of me, and pitie taken of me. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 315 Of thee these forty days none hath regard, Forty and more deserted here indeed. View more context for this quotation 1685 F. Digby in F. Digby tr. Xenophon Kyrou Paideia i. 55 For Health, because I both hear and see such Cities as have a Regard for, and desire to preserve the same, make choice of able Physicians. 1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant v. ii. 73 If you have a regard for me, shew it in immediately vindicating my Reputation. 1761 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 9) 51 I earnestly advise every one who has any regard to his Health to try this. 1790 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 6) II. vi. §ii. i. 92 In what cases the strongest of all natural affections ought to yield to a regard for the safety of those superiors upon whose safety often depends that of the whole society. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 395 It was a free regard for our happiness which we are called to contemplate. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 152 Even regard for the safety of the hostages did not move men who had made up their minds not to yield. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage vii. 23 There were two women in the house, and no one had the least regard for his comfort. 1987 R. Godden Time to Dance (1989) 32 Mam lived for, and through, her children with little regard for anyone else. †b. The task of taking care of a person or thing. in the regard of: in the care or charge of (a person). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] lookingc1300 keepingc1380 charge1389 keepa1400 procuration?a1425 charchec1426 tuition1436 recommendation1483 fostera1500 sussy1513 carec1540 overlooking1565 regard1596 overview1598 accurance1677 protectiveness1847 protectingness1852 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 106 (margin) Preistes haueng the regarde of the saules. 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. F3 Left I not My worthy Father i' the kind regard Of a most louing Vncle? 4. a. Admiration; affection, kindly feeling. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [noun] talec1175 daintya1250 price?a1300 accounta1393 recommendation1433 conceita1438 opiniona1450 tendershipc1460 regard?1533 sense1565 mense1567 sake1590 eye1597 consideration1598 esteem1611 choicea1616 recommends1623 value1637 appreciation1650 mass1942 the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun] lovingeOE cherte?c1225 amoura1300 dearnessc1320 affectionc1384 homelinessc1384 kindnessc1390 affect1440 gleimc1449 regard?1533 infection1600 affectation1607 fonding1640 endearedness1654 charities1667 endearment1709 affectuosity1730 affectionateness1751 fondliness1821 grá1833 aroha1846 ?1533 T. Elyot tr. Isocrates Doctr. Princes sig. B 5 He shall in other mens busynesse do nothyng wisely, make moch of them that be wyse, and do perceyue more than other men, and haue good regarde towarde them. 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 95 ^v The gonnars than, shot of a ringing peall Of cannons great..That eury man, might se what loue and zeall And good regard, they had to contry thoe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 58 A Son, that well deserues The honor, and regard of such a father. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 653 A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 304. ⁋2 I have no Reason to fancy my Mistress has any Regard for me. 1743 Descr. Holland iv. 187 The late Queen Consort, Caroline of Great Britain, had a singular Regard for Saurin and his Writings. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. i. 30 I have long been convinced he is unworthy my regard. 1792 J. Hurdis Sir Thomas More i. 29 Methought her eye shew'd singular regard To our young friend. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 256 He resolved to trust in the warm regard of Simon..and the friendship of the Provost. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 219 There is no guide of my acquaintance for whom I have a stronger regard. 1898 Cosmopolitan July 304/2 The former Mrs. Dallas, for whom I entertain sincere regard and respect, is now Mrs. Somebody Else. 1949 E. Goudge Gentian Hill ii. ii. 218 I have been most remiss in leaving my friends to know of my regard through intuition only. 1989 M. Lane Literary Daughters i. 37 She was to gain the sincere regard of all those at Streatham whose regard was worth having. 2004 H. Strachan Make Skyf, Man! x. 104 O what on earth can I say to her, she who has always held me in such regard, and high esteem? †b. In plural. Words or actions expressive of esteem or affection. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > deferential devoir14.. service1567 respects1577 mannersa1616 baisementc1654 baisemain1656 regards?1702 salaam1786 ?1702 B. Loveling Serm. preach'd at Banbury Ded. sig. A2^v I shall not here present you with a Scheme of my sincere Regards for you: How pleasing soever such a Subject may be to me. 1747 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 151 They were pleased with the Regards shown to them. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. i. 87 Think, how gratifying..are the regards and attentions of such wise and worthy men as you. c. In plural. Used as a formula requesting that the person addressed (in speech or writing) convey the expression of the speaker's or writer's affection to a third person (esp. in give my regards to —, send one's regards), or to express friendliness or goodwill at the end of a letter or other written communication. Cf. love n.¹ Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > letter or note [phrase] > concluding phrases your (affectionate, very, etc.) friend1454 aggradation1533 Yours ever1564 yours faithfully1564 I (will) remain1600 pro bono publico1640 sincerely1702 regards1775 yours respectfully?1777 yours truly1788 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > deferential > in epistolary or complimentary forms respects1631 regards1775 1775 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 103 My regards..to my relations and yours. 1796 A. Stewart Let. 25 Nov. in Carus Life Simeon (1847) vi. 133 We all join in most affectionate and respectful regards to you. 1835 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 29 With kindest regards to every one of you. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxvi. 265 ‘Your regards, Edith, my dear?’ said Mrs. Skewton, pausing, pen in hand, at the postscript. 1882 O. Wilde More Lett. (1985) 41 Best regards to Mr Lewis and Mr Burne-Jones. 1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread x. 302 ‘Thank him, please, when you write,’ said Miss Abbott, ‘and give him my kindest regards.’ 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria ii. 33 The Princess gave her mother her dutiful regards; but Lehzen had her heart. 1978 W. J. Burley Wycliffe & Scapegoat ix. 160 Give my regards to your father and tell him not to worry. 1999 S. Upadhyay in A. Tan & K. Kenison Best Amer. Short Stories 1999 337 I just came to inquire about your health. Radhika sends her regards. 2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 25 May 80/1 Hi! I just noticed a possible lost soccer ball in the garden bed to the right of the letter box if you look at it from where I am. Regards, Postie. †5. A payment by way of acknowledgement of, or compensation for, something. Scottish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] yield601 angildeOE maegboteOE allowancea1325 finea1400 boota1450 reparationa1460 contentation1467 disdomage1502 contention1516 regard1568 contentment1603 atonement-money1611 satisfaction1621 satisfaction money1651 content1689 compensation1804 smart money1817 hoot1820 indemnization1836 compo1941 MCA1973 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxvi. 62 But gwerdoun, genȝeild, or regaird. c1581–90 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 411 The Towne doth receaue..an anuall regard for the same. 1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 1552, in Wks. (1931) I. 187 Without rewaird for his expensis, Without regaird or recompencis. II. Senses relating to appearance, aspect, or relation. †6. Originally: aspect, appearance. Later: facial expression, countenance, manner of looking. Obsolete (chiefly archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] onseneeOE bleea1000 shapeOE ylikeOE laitc1175 semblanta1225 sightc1275 fare1297 showingc1300 specea1325 parelc1330 guise1340 countenance1362 semblance?a1366 apparel1377 regardc1380 apparencec1384 imagec1384 spicec1384 overseeminga1398 kenninga1400 seemingc1400 visage1422 rinda1450 semenauntc1450 'pearance1456 outwardc1475 representation1489 favour?a1500 figurea1522 assemblant1523 prospect?1533 respect1535 visure1545 perceiverance1546 outwardshine1549 view1556 species1559 utter-shape1566 look1567 physiognomy1567 face1572 paintry1573 visor1575 mienc1586 superficies?1589 behaviour1590 aspect1594 complexion1597 confrontment1604 show1604 aira1616 beseeminga1616 formality1615 resemblancea1616 blush1620 upcomea1630 presentment1637 scheme1655 sensation1662 visibility1669 plumage1707 facies1727 remark1748 extrinsica1797 exterior1801 showance1820 the cut of one's jib1823 personnel1839 personal appearance1842 what-like1853 look-see1898 outwall1933 visuality1938 prosopon1947 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1297 (MED) Sir Berard..was þe fairest kniȝt of regard of alle þe doþþeper. c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 130 (MED) Fleth the shott of swete regard, Myn hert. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 416 b/2 He was gracious and curtoys in maners and playsant in regarde. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) i. 7 He..hadde a regard or countenaunce of moche hooly lyf. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xii The stable countenance and pleasant regarde of him that is pacient. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. C.ij^v Wherein I see, a Sampsons grim regarde Disgraced yet with Alexanders bearde. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxxvii. 309 They..have so lively and pleasing a regard, as the Painter cannot exceede it with his pencill and colours. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 877 To whom with stern regard thus Gabriel spake. View more context for this quotation 1679 S. Woodford Paraphr. upon Canticles 92 Mirth was a youth of beautiful regard. 1737 E. S. Rowe Hist. Joseph ix. 61 With stern regard each kindred face he views. 1858 M. Arnold Merope 740 The prince at start seem'd sad, but his regard Clear'd with blithe travel and the morning air. 1884 A. T. de Vere Poet. Wks. 272 The humbleness in his regard grew sour; Yet wroth he seemed not. 7. a. A look, a gaze, esp. a steady or significant one. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] eie wurpc950 laitc1175 looka1200 lecha1250 sightc1275 insighta1375 blushc1390 castc1400 glentc1400 blenkc1440 regardc1450 ray1531 view1546 beam of sight1579 eye-beam1583 eyewink1591 blink1594 aspecta1616 benda1616 eyeshot1615 eye-casta1669 twire1676 ken1736 Magdalene-look1752 glimmering1759 deek1833 wink1847 deck1853 vision1855 pipe1865 skeg1876 dekko1894 screw1904 slant1911 gander1914 squiz1916 butcher's hook1934 butcher's1936 gawk1940 bo-peep1941 nose1976 c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 200 (MED) Ye, allas, vnto my karfulle mone Not dayneth ones a regard on to see. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 24 In these regardes & in these semblances they passid the soupper. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 201/2 Deuyls and wicked spirites went out of the bodyes of creatures by his symple regarde and syghte. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 173^v He that is vnhappely fallen into the danger of loue, must not..pursewe the viewe of her beautye with a continuall gaze or regard of his eye. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 75^v Her regards were wanton, lasciuious, and vnconstant. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 247 He..bites his lip with a politique regarde . View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 201 Such quick regards his sparkling eyes bestow. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 32 From these objects she turned her regard upon Monsieur and Madame La Motte. 1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 34 When his regard Was raised by intense pensiveness. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xxiii. 262 Miriam, with a long regard from the threshold, bade farewell to this doves' nest. 1892 A. Bierce Black Beetles in Amber 52 Beneath that stern regard the chewing-gum Which writhed and squeaked beneath the teeth is dumb. 1985 B. W. Aldiss Helliconia Winter vii. 116 She turned to look at him. Their regards met. 2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins xx. 181 When she fixed you with her regard, there was a tenderness and warmth that made your skin bump. †b. Prospect, view. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery regardc1500 prospect1573 discovery1587 prospective1599 view1606 perspective1612 landscape?a1645 vista1657 coup d'œil1739 scape1773 survey1821 outlook1828 eyeshot1860 outscape1868 c1500 Melusine (1895) 313 The which chambre had regarde toward the gardyns. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iii. sig. D3 You are now within reguarde of the Presence. View more context for this quotation †c. A thing which may be looked at or into. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] i-sightc888 sightc950 regard1586 aspectc1600 observed1604 visiona1616 landscape1659 eyefula1808 visibilia1936 1586 Whetstone (title) The English Myrror, a Regard wherein al Estates may behold the Conquests of Envy. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) ii. i. 41 To throw-out our eyes for braue Othello, Euen till we make the Maine, and th'Eriall blew, An indistinct regard. †8. Astrology. = aspect n. 4. Also in extended use: the position of two geomantic figures in relation to each other. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by shapes or figures > position of geomantic figures regarda1475 a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 10 Hermes..ordeigned certeyne persones to offre sacrifice..whan the planetis entrede in-to theire houses..or in-to þe regardis [a1500 Cambr. Gg.1.34 regardes and aspectis; a1460 anon. tr. sight; Fr. regars; L. aspectibus] of theyme. 1591 F. Sparry tr. C. de Cattan Geomancie iii. xvii. 187 The regard of opposition in the fygure formed, is, when the fyrst doth beholde the 7[th]. 9. Law. Now historical. a. An official inspection of a forest in order to discover any trespasses committed in it. Also: the right to carry out such an inspection; the office or position of a person appointed to make such an inspection. Cf. regarder n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > official inspection of a forest: right to such regardc1503 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > [noun] > proceeding in forest laws regardc1503 attachment?1592 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > official inspection of a forest: right to such > office of forest inspector regardc1503 c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxix^v/2 For inquisicion and regarde. Our raungers shall goo by our forest too make regarde as they were wont to doo the tyme of the furst coronacion of the forsaid kyng herry our graundsir. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xvi. §9. f. 96^v Mastives are not to be Expeditated, but onely where the Regard is to be made, and that is in Forrestes and not in Chases. a1610 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forest (1615) xxi. §3. 194 The King hath the regard of all the woods and wast grounds and other lands which are afforested. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Regard,..the Office of the Regarder. 1740 Student's Law Dict. Regarder, an Officer of the King's Forest, who is sworn to make the Regard of the Forest..and also to view and inquire of all Offences or Defaults of the Foresters. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 72 The court of regard, or survey of dogs, is to be holden every third year for the lawing or expeditation of mastiffs. 1835 T. E. Tomlins Law Dict. (ed. 4) (at cited word) Regard..hath also a special acceptation, wherein it is only used in matters of the forest, either for the office of regarder, or for the compass of the ground belonging to that office. 1868 W. Stubbs Hoveden's Chron. (Rolls) I. Pref. 76 As a sort of Appendix to this work are given..the Articles of Regard and Assize of the Forest. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1499/2 Regard of the forest, the area which constituted the forest and which was therefore inspected by the regarder; the inspection made by the regarder. b. The area under the jurisdiction of an officer appointed to carry out inspections of forests. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > part or division of hag1410 speysa1425 ward1425 walk1534 regard1594 riding1755 hag wood1798 1594 R. Crompton L'Authoritie & Iurisdict. des Courts f. 193 It appeareth..that within the regard of any Forest, no man may buyld either houses or barcaryes. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest vii. §4. f. 40^v All such woods and landes, as are parcell of the Forrest, the same is within the regard. 1667–8 Act 19 & 20 Chas. II c. 8 §11 All Lands and Grounds lying within the Perambulation and Reguard of the said Forrest [sc.of Dean]. 1712 Game-law ii. 46 The Lord of a Forest may by his Officers enter into any Man's Wood which is growing within the Regard of the Forest, and cut down Browsewood for the Deer in Winter. 1795 Coll. Hist. Hampsh. III. 28 Each walk contains several smaller divisions called purlieus, but they are not properly purlieus, being within the regard of the forest. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. ii. i. 71 The forests were..systematically divided into walks, or keepings, wards or regards, over which was a properly subordinate succession of officers. 1873 Q. Rev. 135 153 The ‘regards’ or limits of the ‘foresta regis’ are indicated by a circle running from point to point. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1499/2 Regard of the forest, the area which constituted the forest and which was therefore inspected by the regarder; the inspection made by the regarder. 1999 Eng. Hist. Rev. 114 919 The abbess obtained..the exemption of nearly a dozen of her ‘groves’ from the forest regard. 10. †a. Reference or relation to a person or thing. Chiefly in to have (a) regard to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference respitea1382 beholdingc1449 respect1485 aspect1509 regardc1520 reference1581 referrance1583 tending1587 reflection1614 intuition1626 concernment1640 concerning1642 tendency1651 influence1672 re1707 view1719 bearing1741 ref1845 concern1863 c1520 King Henry VIII Let. 18 May in Camden Misc. (1992) XXXI. 34 Wee will..you that..yee have a speciall oversight, regarde and respect..to the said sheriffe..how..they doe..our comaundmentes. 1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. ii. App. x. 446 Neyther dothe the preste take the bread in his handes, neyther yet hathe any regard or respect to the bread. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 262 We see howe this accepting hath not regarde to the righteousnesse of man. 1649 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Use of Passions 23 The passions of the concupiscible appetite have a regard to good and to evil, as absent, or as present. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 1 We may be said to doe that in another person's name, which we doe with any kind of reference or regard to him. b. A particular respect; a point, a detail. Chiefly in in this (also that, etc.) regard. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > regard or side sidec1275 respect1533 regard1573 concern1589 concernment1646 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 132 The Prince hath to doe with a paynter, not onely in that he is simply hir highnesse subiecte.., but also in respect he is suche a subiecte, in whiche regarde (he saythe) she maketh lawes and orders also concerning paynters. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iii. 55 When things naturall in that regard forget their ordinary naturall woont, that which is heauie mounting sometime vpwardes of its owne accord. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 57 I must therefore request you to stretch your sinewes in this regarde. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 87 The Gospel of salvation may bee called a Mystery in three regards. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 170 In that regard, [he] seems very observantially to submit, not only to stars, and Planetary constellations: but to plants, [etc.]. 1700 H. Dodwell Treat. Conc. Instrumental Musick (new ed.) 30 In that regard, Musick Instrumental also was acknowledged to have the same influence that Singing had by the Imagination over the Affections. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 4/2 If it is of Service in a publick Regard, I cannot find Fault with it. 1821 P. B. Shelley Let. 14 Sept. (1964) II. 349 I will pay every possible attention to your instructions in this regard. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vii. 132 Each tongue has its own way in this regard. 1902 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery vii. 110 They were very anxious that I should become one of them politically, in every respect. They seemed to have little distrust of strangers in this regard. 1979 N. Mailer Executioner's Song (1980) i. xxviii. 430 We have no witnesses that we can call in the line of expert witnesses, doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, who would help the defendant in that regard. 2003 L. Moss What Genes can't Do iv. 161 Particularly striking in this regard is the emergence of members of every class of cell-adhesion molecule. †c. Intention, design, purpose. (Only in Shakespeare.) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose willeOE highOE thoughtOE intent?c1225 achesounc1230 attenta1250 couragec1320 devicec1320 minda1325 studya1382 understanding1382 suggestionc1390 meaninga1393 i-minda1400 minta1400 tent1399 castc1400 ettlingc1400 affecta1425 advicec1425 intention1430 purposec1430 proposea1450 intendment1450 supposing?c1450 pretensionc1456 intellectionc1460 zeal1492 hest?a1513 minting?a1513 institute?1520 intendingc1525 mindfulness1530 cogitationa1538 fordrift1549 forecast1549 designing1566 tention1587 levela1591 intendiment1595 design1597 suppose1597 aim1598 regarda1616 idea1617 contemplationa1631 speculation1631 view1634 way of thinking1650 designation1658 tend1663 would1753 predetermination1764 will to art1920 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 23 The King is full of grace, and faire regard . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 226 Our Reasons are so full of good regard, That were you Antony, the Sonne of Cæsar, You should be satisfied. View more context for this quotation Phrases P1. a. in regard of or to, in regards to (regional and nonstandard), with regard to: in respect of, with respect or reference to. Also †as to (the) regard of, †at regard of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to in wise ofc1290 by (also for) reason ofa1350 as to (the) regard ofc1392 in regard of or toc1392 upon the side ofa1393 with regard toc1392 in respect of?a1425 in this (also that) behalf1458 upon the feat of1483 for (the) respect of1489 as pertains to1526 in order to1526 with respect1556 ad idem1574 on this behalf1581 in or with reference to1593 quoad hoc1601 in point of1605 with intuition to (of)1626 in the mention of1638 in terms of1704 how and about1753 as regards1797 as concerns1816 w.r.t.1956 c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 38 (MED) Than shewith thy blake thred the verre place of the planete at regard of the 9 spere. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §325 Insolent is he that despiseth in his Iugement all oother folk as to regard of [v.r. as to the regarde of] his value. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §403 Humylitee..is a vertu thurgh which a man..holdeth of hym self no pris ne deyntee as in regard of hise desertes. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 46 The more parte of men haue no verite ne loyaulte as to the Regard of loue. 1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 101 As to the regarde of my londe and duchi of Boulion, I give it freely to this valiaunt knight. 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Ej Let vs then see whether this prince be a conuenable mariage in regard of her priuate person. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 78 In regard of Causes now in hand. View more context for this quotation 1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) iv. 219 There are divers sorts of compound Bodies, even in regard of all or some of their Ingredients. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 9 I speak with regard to sensible things only. 1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 37 There does not seem to be any considerable Variation in regard of the Eggs. 1792 Monthly Rev. May 77 In regard to the matter,..he had, no doubt, been misled. 1842 W. R. Grove Correl. Physical Forces 43 The world was believed fixed, until..it was found to change its place with regard to them. 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness viii. 66 Of the affinity between God and Man, in regard of man's wants and God's fulness. 1905 Athenæum 30 Sept. 431/1 But in regard to the life of a Roman Catholic saint no more was requisite. 1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire (1963) 83 Both stemmed from the same family magazine Life, so justly famed for its pudibundity in regard to the mysteries of the male sex. 1996 R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage at Regards Me spoke on certain matters relating to the position of the Commonwealth in regards to cane sugar production. 1998 Frame of Reference Spring 16/1 The city's track record with regard to the neighborhood has made skeptics of area residents. b. With possessive in same sense, as in my regard, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to > with regard to one in my regard1582 on one's subject1733 1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke xviii. 7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night: and will he have patience in their regard? 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 340 I shall in mine own regard bee very glad. 1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 174 Nothing more was there to do than two things in his regard. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 35 I was very sensible of her Coldness, or rather her Envy, in my Regard. 1821 Ld. Byron Let. 24 Sept. (1978) VIII. 221 My feelings are like the dead—who..feel nothing..that is said or done in their regard. 1865 F. Oakeley Hist. Notes 94 If God have any other will in our regard. 1909 Catholic Encycl. VI. 223/1 Francis repaired to the church of St. Nicholas and sought to learn God's will in their regard. 1952 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 13 55 Sorokin's disdain for Catholic thinkers..is shown by his complete silence in their regard. 1992 J. MacKenna Fallen 30 They could relax in my regard, at least in the coming weeks. 2004 J. Murphy-O'Connor Paul ix. 171 He had already changed his travel plans twice in their regard. †P2. a. in regard of: in comparison with. Also in regard to, at (the) regard of, (as) to or unto the regard of or to. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > in comparison with [phrase] in (the) (also to the) reward of1340 (as) to or unto the regard of or toa1400 at (the) regard ofa1400 in regard ofa1400 in regard toa1400 in respect ofc1400 in respect to1526 (as) — as anything1548 come1925 a1400 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 38 (MED) Alle þo paynes..of þis world..solace & ioy men might hom telle to regarde of þo lest payne þore. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §106 Al the sorwe þ^t a man myghte make fro the bigynnyng of the world nys but a litel thyng at regard of [v.rr. at regard at, at þe regarde of] the sorwe of helle. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 8998 (MED) Alle þir blysses..War als noght, als to regard to þe blys of heven. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 130 (MED) It is ryth nowt þat I suffir in regarde to þat he suffyrd. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. i. 61 Syth that the erthe is so lytil,..lytil may we preyse the goodes therof vnto the regard of heuen. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) ii. xlvi. 53 Al this erdely fyre is but thyng depeynted in regard of that other. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) I. 322 The companyons were but a fewe in regarde to the Frenchmen. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxix. sig. Fi^v The valure of al other knyghtes wer as nothing to the regard of his noblesse. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii^v At last when all the rest them offred were,..They all refused in regard of her. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 247 He spendeth but little in the warres, in regard of that, that..the King of Spaine disburseth. a1656 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom of Sutherland (1813) 167 Vnderstanding Auchindoun his small forces in regaird of theirs. 1755 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 195 Sensible how confined their punishments are, in regard to what they ought to be. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 311 In regard of mine, a little thing His kingdom was. 1896 W. Morris Well at World's End (2004) ii. x. 374 We so many that thou and thine will be in regard of us as the pips to the apple. b. at or in regard: by comparison, comparatively. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adverb] at or in regardc1450 in comparison1470 in respect1532 comparatively1597 by comparison1807 alongside1831 comparingly1882 c1450 (?c1400) tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium (1909) 19 (MED) Anentis þe noumbre of men, his comyng was, at regard, at bigynnyng of þe world. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 3 Preamble Archers..with litell nombre and puyssaunce in regarde have done many notable actes. a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 1496, in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 47 The prest Is better in regard. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxviii. f. 62^v Howe wonderfully dyd a fewe Romayns in regarde..defende this lyttell territory. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 652 Thay countit not the Coilȝear almaist at regaird. c. as to regard of: in the manner of. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 9 As to regarde of the fete of an harte, They sholde ever theyr mayster socoure. †P3. a. in regard of or to: out of consideration for. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [phrase] > out of consideration for in regard of or toc1500 c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 16 The Turques withdrewe theym alle to the kynge..and whan they were assembled to-gedre thei were a right grete puissaunce as yn regarde of theym of the Towne the tuo Brethre sawe welle it was tyme to withdrawe. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 209 I thanke my liege that in regard of me, He shortens foure yeares of my sonnes exile. View more context for this quotation a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) ii. 71 I might propound certain peculiar Advantages arising from Piety..but this I must, in regard to the time and your patience, at present forbear. 1705 Boston News-let. 5 Feb. 2/2 Whereupon the Court sent for said person..& had like to have fined him in a considerable Sum, but in regard of his very great submission and penitency for his Crime, was fin'd but in Five pounds. 1724 J. Arbuthnot Reasons against Bill for Examining Drugs 1 In Regard of our common Interest..we presume to lay the following Reasons before the Publick, against the said Bill. b. for the regard of: for the sake of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > because of > for the sake of for cause ofc1425 for (the) respect of1489 for the regard of1576 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 147 A great multitude, who for the regard of their health,..have recourse to these quarters. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. C2 Honor norisheth Art, and for the regard of dignitie doe learned men striue to exceed in their facultie. 1835 A. M. Hall Tales of Woman's Trials 19 For the love o'the poor old masther, and..for the regard of Masther Harry, lave Busca to me. c. in regard of: on account of, by reason of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > because of in virtue ofa1250 by (also for) reason ofa1350 by the virtue ofa1375 by the cause ofc1405 by occasion ofc1425 for cause ofc1425 by way of1447 for suit of1451 in respect of1528 in consideration of1540 in regard of1600 in intuition to1626 by or in vigour of1636 along1680 in view of1710 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 261 The passage unto this mountaine is very difficult, in regard of certaine cruell Arabians. 1625 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 24 Also in regaird of the grit charges..thay..hes sustenit in cuming sa far. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vi. §1 A matter of very difficult tryall, in regard of the goodness..of God so frequently interposing between the prediction and the event. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 68 Tansy..hot and cleansing; but in regard of its domineering relish..much fitter for the Pan being qualified with the Juices of..Spinach, Green Corn, Violet, Primrose-Leaves etc. 1888 W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales 188 The sun himself, that's not visible in regard of the clouds. d. in regard: since, because, on account of the fact that, considering that. Also with †that. Now Irish English. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > for that reason or because of that or inasmuch as in thatc1175 for as mickle asc1390 in as (also so) mickle (as)c1390 in that thatc1450 by (the) means (also mean) (that)1549 by and by1565 in regard1600 in that (also this) view1688 1600 Lady Hoby Diary 6 May (1930) 118 Mr. Daunie..inuited me to be a witnes at his childes baptisinge, which I refussed, in regard that my Conscience was not perswaded of the charge I was to vndertake. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 124 In regard King Henry giues consent,..To ease your Countrie of distressefull Warre. View more context for this quotation 1647 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 75 Inregaird that the clerk..is laitlie deceased. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 185 In regard that..the Mineral and Metallick Matter..was different in different Parts of it. 1719–20 J. Hughes in J. Duncombe Lett. Several Eminent Persons Deceased (1773) I. 271 This is the more generous..in regard that I have given up this play to the importunity of my friends. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 8 The Roman Order is usually call'd the Composite, in regard its Capital is composed of the..other Orders. 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. ii. x. 243 From the preference which the old writers give to written descant, which they termed Prick-song, in regard that the harmony was written or pricked down. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. i. 7 I cannot say that I ever saw an adder, in regard there are none in these parts. 1879 Catholic World 29 167/2 I did take the Canterbury wagon, refusing the coach, in regard that if so be I was followed and sought after they would sooner examine a coach. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 230/2 In regard I have to go to the fair tomorrow. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 275/1 In regard I have to go to the market tomorrow. P4. without regard to (also for, †of ): without taking heed of or giving consideration to; without reference to or thought for, notwithstanding, irrespective of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > without consideration [phrase] without respect1528 without regard to (also for, of )?1530 without reference to1600 the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adverb] > independently > independently of without regard to (also for, of )?1530 without reference to1600 on (also upon) one's own account1609 independently1659 independent of (on, from)1690 ?1530 W. Neville Castell of Pleasure (new ed.) sig. a.ij Bokes of loue innumerable prynted be I mene of ladyes and many a hardy kynght Without regarde of sensuall nycete In loue exploytynge truely with all theyr myght. 1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 298 Without regaird of the propinctie of bluid. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 273^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Saxouns..without regarde to honoure..gaif the bak. 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig.E3 Hee extorted the most part of my money..without any regard of conscience. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier Pref. My opposition in this defence, is chiefly bent against those, who without regard to right or wrong, treated me with so much injustice. 1732 A. Pope Strange Relation E. Curll in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. ii. 43 The..heaping together a Superfluity of Wealth without the least Regard of applying it to its proper Uses. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 108. ⁋10 Lest the hours..should be tattled away without regard to literature. 1783 Double Conspiracy iv. ii. 66 The merciless wretch..who can calmly resolve to cut the throats of the weak, and infirm in cold blood, without regard to age or sex. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 20 Without regard to banking hours. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 348 Those political writers who judge events without regard to that intellectual development of which they are but a part. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 47/2 (advt.) Bulky volumes of difficult music put together without regard to their suitability for use in the home. 1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot i. 91 She noticed that the eminent personage..moved straight towards the restaurant exit without regard for any precedence of passengers in transit. 1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 4 Jan. 17/4 It was truly melting-pot raunch, equal-opportunity debasement, without regard to chromosomes, race, ethnic root or species. Compounds regard ring n. a ring set with a row of different stones whose initial letters spell the word ‘regard’ (namely, ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst, ruby, diamond) or occasionally another word signifying affection.Rings of this type were popular during the Victorian era. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > other types of ring kine-ringc1225 pontificala1500 hoop-ring1545 death's head1577 ring of remembrance1659 serjeant's ring1690 garter-ring1709 bath-ring1771 solitaire1832 regard ring1853 key ring1856 bodylet1870 portrait ring1877 tower-ring1877 whistle-ring1877 marquise1885 princess-ring1886 dinner ring1890 cluster ring1897 eternity ring1939 1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. v. 7/2 A diamond set round with ‘regard’ stones.] 1853 Pen & Pencil 7 May 585/2 A ‘regard’ ring has the following stones arranged in a hoop: ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst or aqua-marine, and diamond. The initials form the word ‘regard’. 1890 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore (ed. 2) viii. 414 ‘Regard rings’, of French origin, were common even to a late period, and were thus named from the initials with which they were set forming the acrostic of these words: Ruby Emerald Garnet Amethyst Ruby Diamond Lapis lazuli Opal Verd antique Emerald. 1912 O. M. Dalton Franks Bequest Catal. Finger Rings 302 A ‘regard ring’, so called from the fact that the initial letters of the gems composing the bezel form that word. 1978 Illustr. London News Nov. 129/2 (caption) Early Victorian ‘regard’ ring, £140. 2005 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 21 Jan. 13 Recently a customer was desperate to find a Victorian ‘Regard’ ring - the letters of which signify its stones: a ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst and a ruby diamond. Derivatives † regard-worthy adj. Obsolete rare worthy of esteem. ΚΠ 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 13 Finding in her at first sight regard-worthy objects [It. degni di stima], hee thought well of her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). regardv. Brit. /rᵻˈɡɑːd/, U.S. /rəˈɡɑrd/, /riˈɡɑrd/ Forms: Middle English– regard, 1900s– regaird (Irish English (northern)), 1500s–1600s regarde, 1500s–1600s reguard, 1500s–1800s regarged (past participle, transmission error), 1800s– regyard (U.S. regional); also Scottish pre-1700 regared (past tense, perhaps transmission error), pre-1700 regargit (past tense, transmission error), pre-1700 1700s– regaird. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French regarder. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French regarder (also rewarder reward v.; French regarder ) to look at (c1100 in Old French), to look behind, to direct all one's attention (on something), to take full account (of something), to visit, to provide, to think (of someone), to inspect, examine (a person or thing), to take into consideration, to look kindly on, to take care of, to protect (someone), to concern, to affect, (reflexive) to notice (something), to realize (something) (all 12th cent.), to turn one's attention on (someone), to recompense, reward (c1200), to catch sight of, to recognize, to find (early 13th cent.), to look for (a person) (13th cent.), to observe (second half of the 13th cent.), to consider, view, to enquire (both second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to consult (c1300), (with infinitive) to make sure to do something (first half of the 14th cent.), (especially in legal use) to examine, to determine (mid 14th cent.), to reflect, consider (second half of the 14th cent.), (of a thing) to be facing (something) (second half of the 14th cent.), to expect (late 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < re- re- prefix + garder guard v. Compare post-classical Latin regardare to inspect (forests) (1200 in a British source), to concern (1573 in a British source). Compare also Franco-Occitan regarder (c1180), Old Occitan regarder (12th cent.), Catalan reguardar (14th cent.), Spanish reguardar (c1250), Italian riguardare (late 12th cent.). Compare reward v. I. Senses relating to attention, consideration, or relation. †1. transitive. With that-clause. To consider to be the case. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1348 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 4 (MED) That non be so hardi to wirk by nyȝt no werk of peauter be cause it is regarded amonge thaym that the vew of the night is not so profitable ne certen as is of the day. †2. a. transitive. To look after (oneself); to take care or be mindful of (one's own interest, health, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after > one's own interest, health, etc. regard1509 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xlv. 222 Set not your mynde vpon worldly welthe But euermore regarde your soules helthe. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxvii. f. liiii^v Thou well knowest our owne [part] is moost to be regardyd. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxvij Admonisheth al men that regarde theyr saluation, to beware of that Bishoppes kyngdom. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 40 It is my..desire, that you regard your owne health. 1606 H. Garnet Let. 4 Mar. in G. Anstruther Vaux of Harrowden (1953) ii. x. 349 For God's sake provide bedding for these 3, James John and Harry, by begging or by money if there be to spare, your own necessities always regarded. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1333 Regard thy self, this will offend them highly. View more context for this quotation 1742 Weddell Incle & Yarico ii. iv. 35 If you regard yourself, urge not a Word In her Behalf, but let her Guilt pronounce Her Punishment. 1783 J. Logan Runnamede i. vi. 18 Think of thy duty now. Respect thy Father, and regard thyself. 1800 B. Thompson tr. J. M. Babo Otto of Wittelsbach iv. 83 Dare not to lay a hand upon him, as you regard yourselves. b. transitive. To consider, take into account. Also with that-clause as object. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxii. 255 Therfore, sir, regarde well in what place ye wyll haue one of your peeres iugyd. 1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xvii. 38 Which Bookes..be not to be regarded toward the new printed Testament in Englishe. 1599 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Ded. sig. A2^v Regarding that by a reuew of the same it hath now receiued some shape and proportion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 255 As thou lou'st Siluia..Regard thy danger, and along with me. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 70 Neither regarding that she is my childe, Nor fearing me. View more context for this quotation 1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden i. xiv. 52 It is good for some purposes to regard the age of your fruit trees. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 168 Beauty remains behind as the last to be regarded. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Measure of time, is much to be regarded in handling Nativities, that when you have a Direction, you may know how long it will be before it operates. c1732 B. Franklin Providence of God in Papers (1959) I. 268 He is no more to be regarded than a lifeless Image, than Dagon, or Baall. 1798 H. Brand Adelinda iv. viii, in Plays & Poems 336 Dorcas! whatever you may say, is too late,—too late to be regarded now. c. intransitive. To deliberate, think carefully. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] thinkOE thinkOE bethinka1200 umthinka1300 to have mind ofc1300 casta1340 studya1375 delivera1382 to chew the cudc1384 to take advisementa1393 stema1400 compassc1400 advisec1405 deliberc1405 to make it wisec1405 to take deliberationc1405 enter?a1413 riddlec1426 hovec1440 devise?c1450 to study by (also in) oneself?c1450 considerc1460 porec1500 regard1523 deliberate1543 to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546 contemplate1560 consult1565 perpend1568 vise1568 to consider of1569 weigh1573 ruminate1574 dascanc1579 to lay to (one's) heart1588 pondera1593 debate1594 reflect1596 comment1597 perponder1599 revolvea1600 rumine1605 consider on, upon1606 to think twice1623 reflex1631 spell1645 ponderatea1652 to turn about1725 to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736 to wake over1771 incubatea1847 mull1857 fink1888 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cclxxxx/1 It behoueth vs to regarde wisely, and to take counsayle in this mater. d. intransitive. To look to; to refer to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > refer or relate returna1393 referc1405 regard1525 tend1571 relate1609 reflect1617 advert1765 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxxxiv. f. xcvi/2 Refrayne your euyll wyll and moderate your courage and regarde to reason [Fr. regardez a raison]. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. x. sig. Oo2^v The vnder ones..cannot by nature regarde to any preseruation but of themselues. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 249 To this custome the Angel in the Revelation is thought to regard. 3. a. transitive. To value or set store by (a thing); to judge to have merit. In later use usually in passive and with modifying adverb such as highly, little, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > regard as important to lay prize, store upona1307 counta1400 regard1509 esteema1568 to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811 to give (full, due) weight to1885 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii Tryfelous thynges y^t were lytell to be regarded she wolde let passe by. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings x. 21 All kynge Salomons drynkynge vessels were of golde,..for syluer was not regarded in Salomons tyme. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 24 Then we were of reckning; our feats weare duelye regarded. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxii. 48 Notwithstanding this abusive custome..loyaltie in married women is highly regarded. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xxii. 72 Origene, who so much regardes the writings of Plato. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 80 It did grieve him to see how little the rare workes of Protogenes were regarded. 1698 E. Stillingfleet Serm. III. vi. 242 In Matters of Religion, Moral Difficulties are more to be regarded than Intellectual. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. ix. 91 Reputation was a thing little regarded among them. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 471 Musquashes, and even Bevers, were not much regarded, until the English..encouraged the pursuit of them. 1801 B. Thompson tr. A. von Kotzebue Lovers' Vows 9 A certificate of birth is as little regarded as the diploma of nobility. 1846 Preston Guardian 28 Nov. He had looked to the cheap lines and dear lines [of the railways], some which stood high in the public estimation, and some that were not so highly regarded. 1877 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 10 Nov. 7/4 He highly regarded the writings of the great lights of the Church in the past. 1933 J. N. Gowanloch Fishes & Fishing Louisiana iii. 373 The Northern Pike attains a weight of 25 pounds and is highly regarded for its food value. 1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart i. 4 Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly. 1999 Healthy Eating Aug. 67/1 Also, milk was poorly regarded and rightly so; whey and buttermilk were looked on more favourably—‘whey houses’ now becoming popular. b. transitive. To hold (a person) in (a specified degree of) esteem; to have a regard for. Formerly also: †to respect, look up to (obsolete). In later use usually in passive and with modifying adverb such as highly, little, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE weenc1000 praisec1250 setc1374 set by1393 endaunt1399 prizec1400 reverencec1400 tender1439 repute1445 to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457 to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475 pricec1480 to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483 force1509 to look upon ——c1515 to have (also hold) in estimationc1522 to make reckoning of1525 esteem1530 regard1533 to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540 value1549 to make dainty of (anything)1555 reckon1576 to be struck on1602 agrade1611 respect1613 beteem1627 appreciate1648 to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665 to think small beer of1816 to think the world of1826 existimate1847 reckon1919 rate1973 the mind > emotion > love > affection > [verb (transitive)] > hold (a person) in great esteem regard1533 sussyc1560 1533 T. Elyot Pasquil the Playne f. 10 Saynctes blasphemed, and miracles reproued for iougglynges lawes and statutes contemned and officers littell regarded. 1543 More's Hist. Richard III in Chron. J. Hardyng f. lxiii They wer before greatelye estemed emonge the people, but after that, neuer none of these two were regarded. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cvi^v For refusyng of this office therle of Northumberland was not regarded of his owne tenauntes. a1573 W. Lauder Minor Poems (1870) 37 And thow Layk substance of thy awin..Thow will be Lytill regardit in this Land. 1632 E. Blount in J. Lyly Sixe Court Comedies Ep. Ded. All our Ladies were then his Schollers; And that Beautie in Court, which could not Parley Euphueisme, was as little regarded; as shee which now there, speakes not French. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 184 Thus the English Bishops that formerly did but regard Rome, now give their estates, bodies, and soules unto her service. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. xi. 226 Why do you and all men regard or reward a loving thankful obedient child..? 1702 R. Steele Funeral i. 14 I have in vain done all I can to make her regard me. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iv. 48 I was far their inferior, and upon that account very little regarded. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 10 She does not regard you enough. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. ii This was Colonel Campbell, who had very highly regarded Fairfax, as an excellent officer and most deserving young man. View more context for this quotation 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiii. 195 I regard him so much—for you know we have been like brothers—that I hope..the quarrel may be settled. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘A matterless body’, one little regarded or respected. 1919 S. J. Weyman Great House (1922) xiv. 122 He was only a small squire, a little more regarded than the new men about him. 1989 G. Daly Pre-Raphaelites in Love i. 13 They discovered..a common passion for Keats, who was then little regarded. 1999 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide I. iii. 498/1 This 1972 recording, still widely available, demonstrates..why Mustapha is so highly regarded at home and abroad. †c. transitive. With that-clause as object. To appreciate the fact, think it well. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approve [verb (intransitive)] allow?c1550 subscribe1553 regard1621 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 385 Those..will not much admire, nor yet greatly regard, that a Patron of Sacriledge for Lay-Vsurpers, should become a Practiser for Lay-elders. 4. †a. transitive. To heed or take into account in determining action or conduct. Also with subordinate clause as object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > take into account, consider thinka1225 reckona1375 aima1382 allowa1382 considerc1385 accounta1393 regard1512 impute1532 respect1548 to consider of1569 compute1604 to consult with1639 to take into (the) account1660 consult1682 consult for1814 to factor in1964 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 2 Preamble The persons so offendyng litell regarde the punysshment therof by..the Comen lawe. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. iiij^v Regarding the authoritie of no man. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. x. 19 They that regard not the Law are a dishonourable seed. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 787 Eve Intent now wholly on her taste, naught else Regarded . View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 55. 356 They regard not speaking Truth, but making their Fortunes. 1794 J. Boaden Fontainville Forest ii. 9 Extravagant professions I regard not. The first test I exact from you is truth. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ii. 52 He said it should never be, he did not regard his mother's anger, while he could have my affections. View more context for this quotation 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 109 The perfect citizen is he who regards not only the laws but the precepts of the legislator. 1883 T. Hardy Romantic Adventures Milkmaid v. 27 She took no heed of the path now, nor regarded whether her pretty slippers became scratched by the brambles or no. †b. transitive. To fear or be in awe of. Chiefly with allusion to biblical use (see quot. 1526). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] followOE honourc1275 regard1526 to take off one's hat1571 respect1576 to see unto ——1579 suspect1590 honestate1623 defer1686 consider1692 to look up to1719 to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1938 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xviii. f. cv^v There was a Iudge in a certaine cite, which feared not god nether regarded man. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Eii^v Regarde no person, feare no man. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 59 Here's Beauford, that regards nor God nor King. View more context for this quotation 1640 E. Buckler Buckler against Fear of Death ii. v. sig. G8 He fear'd not mans law nor regarded Gods. 1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill vii. 153 The rich, to foul oppression born, and bred, To reason blinded, and to feeling dead, From childhood, train'd to wield the iron rod, Alike regard not man, and fear not God. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 208 Tyrants who neither fear God nor regard man. †c. transitive. To pay attention to (a person speaking, words spoken, etc.). Obsolete.Cf. disregard v. b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] > listen attentively, heed listc897 listenc950 hearOE hearkenc1000 harkc1175 listc1175 to-heara1250 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 to wait to ——c1440 regard1533 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. lxxxiii^v Yf it appere vnto the graund iury in theyr conscyence, that the petyt iury wylfully of some corrupte mynde regarded not the wytnessys. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zech. i. 4 They wolde not heare, ner regarde me, saieth the Lorde. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 86 He talkt very wisely, but I regarded him not. View more context for this quotation 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Psalm lxxviii. 8 Annot. 150 None wil regard the truth which we professe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 174 The lawless Tyrant, who denies To know thir God, or message to regard . View more context for this quotation a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 213 The Earl..said, he knew Sharp too well to regard any thing that came from him. 1728 T. Sheridan in tr. Persius Satyrs Ded. p. iv Having so faithfully regarded the last Advice, which I gave You. 1799 C. T. Smith What is She? ii. i If you had ever regarded my instructions, Mr. Gurnet, you wou'd have known that persons of fashion play cards with people at night, they are ashamed to speak to in the morning. 1863 J. E. Johnston in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1864) VII. ii. 477/2 General Pemberton made not a single movement in obedience to my orders, and regarded none of my instructions. d. transitive. To show consideration for. Now rare.In later use often with allusion to quot. 1549. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. ix Whiche sanctuary good men as me thinketh might without synne, somewhat lesse regard then they do. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. v He hathe regarded the lowelinesse of hys handemaiden. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 426 Should I of these the liberty regard ..? View more context for this quotation 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. l. 229 Without regarding the sanctity of days or months, to pursue the unbelieving nations of the earth. 1837 J. H. Pinder Serm. ii. 43 How softly does the virgin's gentle hymn fall on the ear, rejoicing in God her Saviour, for regarding the lowliness of His handmaiden! 1842 Ld. Tennyson Love thou thy Land in Poems (new ed.) I. 224 Gentle words are always gain; Regard the weakness of thy peers. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 13 We may be led to think that the rights of Englishmen were..strictly regarded. 1977 R. Wiebe Scorched-wood People iii. i. 221 We must sacrifice our smallness to God and then He will regard our lowliness. 5. a. transitive. To look upon with a particular feeling, attitude, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] > form an opinion > of a certain kind regard?1518 take1518 contain1602 read1847 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Bvi Hym chefely to regarde, with mekest dyligence..whom thou art most bounde to. 1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Z.i^v If this God, regard with angrie cheere, The vice on yearth, that vainly we committe. 1615 W. Mure Misc. Poems xiv. 17 That hyer Powares be w^t feir regairdit. 1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum xxi. 115 (heading) Altars Consecrated with more ceremony, and regarded with more reverence, than any part of the Church. 1662 R. Baxter Now or Never 92 What is more evident..then that God and our salvation cannot be regarded with too much holy seriousness, exactness and industry? 1700 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. conc. Search after Truth I. iv. viii. 156 They are regarded with Admiration, when being rais'd to some Preferment or Honour. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 179. ⁋3 Deformity itself is regarded with tenderness rather than aversion. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 156 The stamp of artless piety..The youth..Regards with scorn. View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) v. 62 The shortest way to a good issue was to regard the claims of the people with respect. 1884 Manch. Examiner 22 May 5/2 A war which the great majority of the nation regarded with unaffected dislike. 1906 J. Conrad Mirror of Sea xxii. 109 Some of us, regarding the ocean with understanding and affection, have seen it looking old. 1955 O. Manning Doves of Venus ii. ii. 112 Secretly, she came to regard her work with admiration. 1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. iii. 65 Going to the dance-halls..was regarded with a great deal of suspicion by older people. b. transitive. To consider, look on, view, as being something specified. Also occasionally with simple object complement in same sense, and with other constructions. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as telleOE talec897 seeOE letc1000 holdc1200 reckon1340 aima1382 accounta1387 counta1387 judgec1390 takea1400 countc1400 receivec1400 existimatec1430 to look on ——?c1430 makec1440 reputea1449 suppose1474 treatc1485 determinea1513 recount?c1525 esteem1526 believe1533 estimate?1533 ascribe1535 consider1539 regard1547 count1553 to look upon ——1553 take1561 reck1567 eye?1593 censure1597 subscribe1600 perhibit1613 behold1642 resent1642 attributea1657 fancy1662 vogue1675 decount1762 to put down1788 to set down1798 rate1854 have1867 mean1878 1547 T. Cranmer Certayne Serm. sig. M.j For euery Christian mannes worde (saieth sainct Hierome) should be so true, that it should bee regarded as an othe. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 161 I fride in loue of Bryseis worthy dame, And hir regarded as my spouse a prisner though she came. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 143 Let him be regarded As the most Noble Coarse, that euer Herald Did follow to his Vrne. View more context for this quotation 1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 246 He will be regarded as y^e great patron of y^e protestant Interest. 1711 J. Gay Present State of Wit 20 The Spectator, whom we regard as our Shelter from that Flood of False Wit and Impertinence. 1781 W. Cowper Progress of Error 148 If he the tinkling harpsichord regards As inoffensive, what offence in cards? 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vii. 269 Whatever constitutes atonement, therefore, must..be regarded a safe..remedy. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 120 The interests of the nation..entitled him to regard his position under another aspect. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. i. iii. 39 He regarded his submission as the end of the dispute. 1934 R. Lynd Both Sides of Road xvi. 100 Children regard fast traffic merely as a means to their amusement. 1960 New Scientist 10 Mar. 585 These characteristics make it convenient to discuss infectivity mechanisms from the standpoint of viruses regarded as independent entities. 2005 Racing Post (Nexis) 21 June 10 Many pop stars still regarded a racehorse as the ultimate status symbol. 6. a. (a) transitive. To take notice of, heed, pay attention to; to take or show an interest in; also: †to look after, take care of (obsolete). †(b) intransitive. To pay attention, take notice; usually in negative contexts (obsolete). Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)] lookeOE reckOE heedOE turna1200 beseec1200 yeme?c1225 to care forc1230 hearkenc1230 tendc1330 tentc1330 hangc1340 rewarda1382 behold1382 convert1413 advertc1425 lotec1425 resortc1450 advertise1477 mark1526 regard1526 pass1548 anchor1557 eye1592 attend1678 mind1768 face1863 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] yemec897 understandc1000 beseea1225 heeda1225 bihedec1250 tentc1330 to look into ——c1350 rewardc1350 undertakea1382 considerc1385 recorda1393 behold?a1400 receivea1425 advertc1425 attend1432 advertise?a1439 regard1526 respect1543 eye?c1550 mind1559 panse1559 to take knowledge of1566 to consider of1569 suspect1590 pass1609 matter1652 watch1676 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)] lookeOE heeda1225 recka1225 intendc1374 curec1384 observec1390 fandc1425 to see unto ——a1470 wake1525 regard1526 tend1549 study1557 foresee1565 beware1566 to have the care of1579 reckon1622 mind1740 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > pay due or particular attention to acknowledge?1526 regard1526 observe1560 advise?1567 distinguish1607 follow1824 to tip one's hat (or cap)1975 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after yknowOE knowlOE to care forc1230 bihedec1250 beseec1300 to look to ——c1300 seea1325 await1393 observea1425 procurea1425 to look after ——1487 to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500 regard1526 to see after ——1544 to look unto ——1545 attendc1572 to take care of1579 curea1618 tend1631 to look over ——1670 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. viii. 9 They continued nott in my testament, and I regarded them not sayth the lorde. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Priuate Baptisme f. viii^v Regarde we beseche thee, the supplicacions of thy congregacion. c1550 Complaynt Scotl.* (1979) xix. 128 Bot he regardit nocht tyl ony greis of consanguinite. 1591 Chester Pl. xiii. 27 Other sheep I haue,..they be not of this flocke, yet will I them regarde. c1605 (?a1500) London Lickpenny (Harl. 367) l. 32 in Anglia (1898) 20 413 Many I found earnyng of pence, But none at all once regarded mee. a1628 J. Preston Treat. Effectual Faith (1631) 74 There be many works that have a specious and faire shew in the view of men; But..God regards them not. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 44 Now reignes Full Orb'd the Moon..; in vain, If none regard . View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1157 Presume not on thy God, what e're he be, Thee he regards not. View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) v. i 'Till thou regard my ceaseless Cries. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 114 Regard not though it prick or shoot for a Time. 1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus i. 38 Bless the nations and regard my prayer. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. ii. 34 I caught a dreadful cold, but that I did not regard . View more context for this quotation 1834 B. Disraeli Revolutionary Epick ii. xxiv. 127 As the shells upon the silent shore, That none regardeth. 1881 T. E. Brown Fo'c's'le Yarns (1889) 64 On his back, a bundle—I didn regard what, but something white. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xv. 221 I did not regard it, and you need not either. †b. transitive. With infinitive or that-clause as object. To take care to do something; to see to it or take care that something is done. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > take care > to do something await?c1430 regard1535 to be surec1555 observe1611 consider1646 to look out1655 see1734 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > take care > take care that something be done foreseec900 witea1000 seec1300 awaitc1400 waitc1400 wakea1425 overseea1470 to see to ——1474 wardc1475 regard1535 to wait on ——1596 attend1612 examine1683 1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace f. 127^v And howe shuld he denye dewe reuerence to the preestis of god, whiche cared or regarded to gyue this reuerence euen to the seculer powres also? c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune B iv But yet he must regarde,..That all his goodes be got by way of rightousnes. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 41^v In reapyng, you must regarde to goe with the wynde. 1581 W. Borough Discours Variation Cumpas vii. sig. D.iv^v You must regard that you force it not from one side of the Horizon to an other, but that it rest equidistant in the same. 1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 202 Little remembering and lesse regarding to lay the blame where it is. 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 17 They who play at Tennis..regard not onely to toss back the ball dextrously, but also [etc.]. †c. transitive. With infinitive as object. To be concerned about doing something; to care. Usually in negative contexts. Also occasionally intransitive. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)] > care or reck reckOE force1471 regardc1540 pass1548 skill1821 c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. F.iiii Schaw now quhat princis..with thair blud our liberteis hes coft Regardyng nocht to de amang thair fois. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes 23 For covetous parsons lytle regard to shorten their life, so that they may augment their ryches. c1600 Constance of Cleveland in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Ballads (1857) IV. 229 The Knight nothing regarded To see the Lady scoffed. 1619 M. Drayton Barons Warres vi. lxxiii, in Poems 93 None regarded to maintaine the Light, Which being ouer-wasted, was gone out. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) III. 559 It was givin to his optioun whether he would be content to be hanged or headed. He regarded not, but was content of heading. 1694 J. Lowde Disc. conc. Nature of Man sig. A8 How doth he sometimes seem to march boldly into his Enemy's Country, and leave their greatest strength behind him, never regarding to answer the Reasons upon which the contrary Opinion is founded? †7. With infinitive as object. a. transitive. To have it in mind; to seek, plan. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something cuneOE seekc1000 fanda1225 suec1325 tastec1330 enforcec1340 study1340 temptc1384 intendc1385 assaila1393 proffera1393 to make meansc1395 search?a1400 fraistc1400 pursuec1400 to go aboutc1405 pretend1482 attempta1513 essay?1515 attend1523 regarda1533 offer1541 frame1545 to stand about1549 to put into (also in) practice1592 prove1612 imitate1626 snap1766 begin1833 make1880 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) sig. Hj^v They that be yll, regarde to distroy the good. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 365 Every man looked only after his own ease, or his own gain, or his own advancement; but none regarded to amend any thing amiss, or took to heart the wrongs and sufferings of poor men. 1699 J. Raynor & J. Coughen tr. N. Fontaine Hist. Old & New Test. (new ed.) 13/2 The Rapid Insensibility of the Men of that time, who both seeing the Ark a building, and knowing the design thereof, yet never regarded to go about the reforming their Vices and dissolute Manners. b. transitive. To be inclined or desirous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > be inclined [verb (intransitive)] inclinea1413 willc1443 please?1467 regard?1542 fantasy1548 depend1586 to be bent1626 point1638 bias1656 to be on1886 ?1542 R. Taverner On Saynt Andrewes Day Gospels f. xliiij Wherfore it is moche to be feared that like as we haue not regarded to knowe god: so god wil giue vs vp into a disalowed minde. ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Bbvii^v Neyther regarde they to knele any more doune and to kysse their pontifical rynges. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. iii. 127 Crates the Theban, wondred at this preposterous care of parents, regarding to leaue their children rich, but neither wise nor honest. 1633 E. Ford Montelyon xii. 67 They suddenly heard a cry on the outside of the battell, with which noyse, Montelyon not regarding to be counselled, set spurs to his Horse, and hasted thither. 1695 W. J. tr. R. Rapin in tr. R. Le Bossu Treat. Epick Poem Pref. Transl. sig. a2 He only regarded to express the haughtiness of his Nation in his Poem of the Conquest of the Indies. 8. a. transitive. To concern, have relation or respect to. Now rare except in sense 8b. See also regarding prep. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > concern or refer to beholda1067 atrinea1250 toucha1325 concernc1400 refera1538 to have respect to (formerly also unto)1542 respect1543 import?1560 regard1605 cerna1616 interest1638 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 302 Businesse, of high nature, with your Lordship,..and which reguards you much. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Buerdsell Disc. & Ess. Several Subj. 94 The Duties of the first Table, which regard God, were advanc'd to the highest pitch before our Saviour's coming. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 72. ⁋1 I have few Notices but such as regard Follies and Vices. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. Introd. 5 Morals and criticism regard our tastes and sentiments. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iv. 72 The deed is done, And what may follow now regards not me. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. v. 117 If these things regarded only myself, I could stand it with composure. 1894 R. L. Stevenson Pacific Capitals 137 [We] have been brought up to understand..honesty itself to be a virtue which regards the carrying out, but not the creation, of agreements. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xi–xiii. 287 There appeared to be in me then, as I find it to be in me now, such an entire loss of what regards myself, that any of my own interests gave me little pain or pleasure. b. transitive. as regards, as regarded (now rare), †as regarding: with respect or reference to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning forasmuch1297 as to1340 as fora1393 nentesa1400 accordingc1430 as respects1543 in (also with) relation to1551 relatively1609 quoad1622 referently1650 on, upon the score (of)1651 on account of1653 schetically1678 with a view to1692 apropos1749 as regards1797 in the matter of1881 in aid of1918 wise1942 the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to in wise ofc1290 by (also for) reason ofa1350 as to (the) regard ofc1392 in regard of or toc1392 upon the side ofa1393 with regard toc1392 in respect of?a1425 in this (also that) behalf1458 upon the feat of1483 for (the) respect of1489 as pertains to1526 in order to1526 with respect1556 ad idem1574 on this behalf1581 in or with reference to1593 quoad hoc1601 in point of1605 with intuition to (of)1626 in the mention of1638 in terms of1704 how and about1753 as regards1797 as concerns1816 w.r.t.1956 1797 Treat. Police Metropolis (ed. 4) iv. 73 A distinction is made, as regards moral rectitude, in the minds of many individuals. 1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 408 That Church, and the Queen, its refounder, are clear of persecution, as regards the Romanists. 1848 H. Hallam Suppl. Notes View Europe Middle Ages ii. 78 Especially as regards the Visigothic and Burgundian partitions. 1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies 111 I am in motion, and all things beside That circle round my passage through their midst,—Motionless, these are, as regarding me. 1885 Law Times Rep. 52 651/1 He was in a thoroughly sound condition as regards intellect. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism i. i. 5 He was one up on her as regards life, owing to that awful business sex. 1937 Times 16 Apr. 23/6 And this in spite of the fact that they were especially unfortunate as regarded the weather during the holiday periods. 1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game 120 As regards the maximum rates, these are prescribed when there is no competitive mode of transport. 2005 M. Roach Spook 13 For millions of people, religion will turn out to have been a bum steer as regards the hereafter. II. Senses relating to actual sight. 9. a. transitive. Originally: to look at. Later: to gaze at; to observe. Usually with adverb or adverbial phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold to look to ——eOE showeOE lookeOE lookOE behold971 beseec1000 seeOE to see on ——OE yseeOE yseeOE belookc1175 to look against ——c1225 to lay eyes onc1230 biwaita1250 holde1303 aseea1325 to see upon ——a1350 rewardc1350 to look of ——?c1400 eyea1425 visage1450 aviewa1513 gove1513 regard1523 to look unto ——1545 respect1567 survise1600 aspect1610 reflect1611 inspeculate1694 spectate1709 to look for ——1786 deek1825 lookit1908 lamp1916 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxci. 227 Howbeit to regarde hit the fortresse was impregnable, yet he wanne hit by scalynge. 1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye sig. Fiii^v We that haue vsed our eyes al the yere in regardyng worldly pleasures. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 22 Your niece regards me with an eye of fauour. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 88 How, and which way I may bestow my selfe To be regarded in her sun-bright eye. View more context for this quotation a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 91 Who doth attently regard a locust, or a caterpillar. 1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day iii. 57 Th' Almighty Judge bends forward from his Throne, These Scars to mark, and then regards his Own. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iv. 335 The poor Woman, who in her present Distress had very little regarded the Face of any Person present, no sooner looked at the Serjeant than she presently recollected him. View more context for this quotation 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vi. 83 Thou Regardst them all with an impartial eye. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. xiii. 367 He..drove his axe into the tree with a vigour which was delightful to regard. 1923 W. Cather Lost Lady (1980) ii. ii. 115 He took the pale blue envelope again, and held it out at arm's length, regarding it. 1943 B. Smith Tree grows in Brooklyn xiii. 79 Sometimes Francie and Neeley sat regarding each other with steady eyes. 1988 J. Herbert Haunted xi. 93 They regarded him in silence. 2007 New Yorker 14 May 65/2 A white station wagon pulled up. Its driver, in an orange trucker hat, rolled down a window and regarded us warily. †b. intransitive. To look, gaze. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look or behold belookeOE lookeOE beseec1000 stareOE showOE beholdc1175 seec1225 heedc1275 witec1320 advisec1325 to see to ——a1375 rewarda1382 to cast an eye, glance, lookc1385 blush?a1400 glift?a1400 visea1400 considerc1400 vizy1513 regard1523 spectate1709 to have a see1839 look-see1862 vision1898 screw1905 shufti1943 to take (or have) a shufti1943 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvii. 338 Then the prince of Wales opened his Eyen and regarded towarde heuen. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 83 We with blind surmise Regarding, while she read. †c. transitive. Of a place, part of a building, etc.: to face towards. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > be opposite (something) [verb (transitive)] > face (of things) face1567 affront1575 frontier1579 regard1585 front1609 confront1610 to stand to ——1632 outfront1883 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ii. 32 b This Ile..regardeth towards y^e west y^e cape Malee. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) 119b Changeing purpois he..syne to the sey regarding Ireland [L. Ad mare quod Hibernia insulam spectat] convoyit his armye. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 436 Yet is one of the sides, much more Roman like than the other, I meane that which reguards the Sea. 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 61 The Right Wing attacked those, who regarded the Camp of the Imperialists. 1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 346 I hastened to the other Front [of the house], which regards the NE. †10. intransitive. To look, appear. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] looka1225 to make semblantc1290 to make or show (a specified) semblancea1387 showc1480 show1526 eyea1616 aspect1635 face1669 regard1820 feature1941 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 134 The hills and woods..Regard like shapes in an enchanter's glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1348v.1348
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