All 3 Uses of
despise
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Weeds of Athens he doth wear: This is he, my master said, Despised the Athenian maid; And here the maiden, sleeping sound, On the dank and dirty ground.†
Scene 2.2 *
- This you should pity rather than despise.†
Scene 3.2
- So shall all the couples three Ever true in loving be; And the blots of Nature's hand Shall not in their issue stand: Never mole, hare-lip, nor scar, Nor mark prodigious, such as are Despised in nativity, Shall upon their children be.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
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(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect