All 3 Uses
despise
in
Romeo and Juliet
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- I fear too early, for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's revels, and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.†p. 49.5despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon - Despised substance of divinest show!†
p. 135.4 *
- Despised, distressed, hated, martyred, killed!†
p. 203.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)