Both Uses
despise
in
Candide
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- The king's children in this country must be well brought up, since they are taught to despise gold and precious stones.†
Chpt 17 *despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- 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 25despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
Definitions:
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(1)
(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)