Noah Webster
Contemn
CONTEMN, verb transitive [Latin , to despise; to drive away.]
1. To despise; to consider and treat as mean and despicable; to scorn.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned. Psalms 15:4.
2. To slight; to neglect as unworthy of regard; to reject with disdain.
Wherefore do the wicked contemn God. Psalms 10:13.
They contemn the counsel of the Most High. Psalms 107:11.