Both Uses of
despise
in
Candide
- "The king's children in this country must be well brought up, since they are taught to despise gold and precious stones."†
Chpt 17 *
- This obscure, whimsical, and disagreeable poem was despised upon its first publication, and I only treat it now as it was treated in its own country by contemporaries.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect