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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scorn  \Scorn\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scorned}  (sk[^o]rnd);  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Scoring}.]  [OE.  scornen,  scarnen  schornen  OF 
  escarnir  escharnir  See  {Scorn},  n.] 
  1.  To  hold  in  extreme  contempt;  to  reject  as  unworthy  of 
  regard;  to  despise;  to  contemn;  to  disdain. 
 
  I  scorn  thy  meat;  't  would  choke  me  --Shak. 
 
  This  my  long  sufferance,  and  my  day  of  grace,  Those 
  who  neglect  and  scorn  shall  never  taste.  --Milton. 
 
  We  scorn  what  is  in  itself  contemptible  or 
  disgraceful.  --C.  J.  Smith. 
 
  2.  To  treat  with  extreme  contempt;  to  make  the  object  of 
  insult;  to  mock;  to  scoff  at  to  deride. 
 
  His  fellow,  that  lay  by  his  bed's  side  Gan  for  to 
  laugh,  and  scorned  him  full  fast  --Chaucer. 
 
  To  taunt  and  scorn  you  thus  opprobriously.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  To  contemn;  despise;  disdain.  See  {Contemn}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scorned 
  adj  :  treated  with  contempt  [syn:  {despised},  {detested},  {hated}]




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