Definition of "contemns" [contemns]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contemn. (verb)

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• "And that love is heightened every time he mocks and contemns, whenever he disdains to ridicule what we most cherish."
• "It may be the rejection of a pure spiritualism that ignores or contemns the physical, in which case it would be in tune with the underlying theme of balancing opposites; it would also be, at least on this point, in line with Christian metaphysics."
• "Heaven! — he that contemns art shall perish through his own ignorance."