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contemn
1. 13 therefore does the wicked contemn God? He has said in his heart, you will not require it
2. Contemn: To despise with mockery and scorn: or, to hold someone in contempt
3. The ardent patriotism of our young men, and the reasonable bounty in land which is proposed to be given, will impel them to join their country's standard and to fight her battles; they will not forget the citizen in the soldier, and, in obeying their officer, learn to contemn their constitution