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regard
English
Alternative forms
- regarde, reguard, reguarde (all obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??????d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??????d/
- Hyphenation: re?gard
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English regard, regarde, reguard, from Anglo-Norman reguard, from regarder, reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Compare guard, reward, guardian, and so on.
Noun
regard (countable and uncountable, plural regards)
- (countable) A steady look, a gaze. [from 15th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 750:
- He bathed in the memory of her blondness, of her warm blue regard, and the sentiment permeated his sensibility with tenderness made the more rich because its object was someone long since dead.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 750:
- One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference. [from 16th c.]
- (preceded by “in” or “with”) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense. [from 16th c.]
- 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:
- This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking […]
- 1989, Leonard W. Poon, David C. Rubin, Barbara A. Wilson, Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life, Cambridge University Press, page 399:
- These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard.
- 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:
- (uncountable) The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
- Synonyms: esteem, repute
- He is held in great regard in Whitehall.
Derived terms
- disregard
- in regard
- in regard of
- in regard to
- with regard to
Synonyms
- consideration, onlook, respect
Antonyms
- (concern for another): neglect
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English regarden, from Old French regarder, reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century.
Verb
regard (third-person singular simple present regards, present participle regarding, simple past and past participle regarded)
- To look at; to observe. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. [from 16th c.]
- , [Act V, scene iv]:
- Signior Leonato, truth it is good Signior, / Your neece regards me with an eye of fauour.
- , [Act V, scene iv]:
- (transitive, archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To face toward.
- (transitive) To have to do with, to concern. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. [from 16th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke 18:2:
- Ther was a Iudge in a certayne cite which feared not god nether regarded man.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke 18:2:
Derived terms
- regardable
- regarder
- regardless
- self-regarding
Synonyms
- (to look at): See Thesaurus:look
- (to consider): See Thesaurus:deem
- (to take notice of): See Thesaurus:pay attention
Antonyms
- ignore
- neglect
Translations
Anagrams
- Drager, Gerard, Grader, grader, red rag, redrag
French
Etymology
From Middle French regard, from Old French regard, from reguarder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.?a?/
Noun
regard m (plural regards)
- look, glance
- (uncountable) sight, gaze, eyes
- 1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10:
- 1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10:
- manhole
Related terms
- regarder
Further reading
- “regard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- garder, Gérard
Old French
Alternative forms
- regart, resgard, resgart, regarde
Noun
regard m (oblique plural regarz or regartz, nominative singular regarz or regartz, nominative plural regard)
- look; observance; watching (act, instance of looking at)
Descendants
- Middle French: regard
- ? Middle English: regard, regarde
- English: regard
- ? Middle English: regard, regarde
References
- regard on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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stamp
English
Etymology
From Middle English stampen (“to pound, crush”), from assumed Old English *stampian, variant of Old English stempan (“to crush, pound, pound in mortar, stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *stamp?n, *stampijan, from Proto-Germanic *stamp?n?, *stampijan? (“to trample, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (“to trample down”). Cognate with Dutch stampen (“to stamp, pitch”), German stampfen (“to stamp”), Danish stampe (“to stamp”), Swedish stampa (“to stomp”), Occitan estampar, Polish st?pa? (“to step, treat”). See also stomp, step.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stæmp/
- Rhymes: -æmp
Noun
stamp (plural stamps)
- An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
- A device for stamping designs.
- A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
- A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.
- (slang, figuratively) A tattoo.
- (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.
- A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores.
- Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.
- 1863, Sporting Magazine (volume 42, page 290)
- At a short distance from her were a pair of bathers of a very different stamp, if their operations deserved the name of bathing at all, viz., two girls on the confines of womanhood, presenting strong contrast to each other […]
- 1863, Sporting Magazine (volume 42, page 290)
Synonyms
- (paper used to indicate payment has been paid): postage stamp, revenue stamp, tax stamp
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
stamp (third-person singular simple present stamps, present participle stamping, simple past and past participle stamped)
- (intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- (transitive) To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
- (transitive) To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
- He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
- (transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
- (transitive) To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
- (transitive) To apply postage stamps to.
- (transitive, figuratively) To mark; to impress.
- , Book IV, Chapter X
- God […] has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
- , Book IV, Chapter X
Synonyms
- (mark by pressing quickly and heavily): emboss, dent
- (give an official marking to): impress, imprint
Translations
Related terms
Anagrams
- tamps
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?mp
Verb
stamp
- first-person singular present indicative of stampen
- imperative of stampen
Anagrams
- spamt
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -am?p
Noun
stamp
- indefinite accusative singular of stampur
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
stamp
- imperative of stampa
Welsh
Etymology
From English stamp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stamp/
Noun
stamp m or f (plural stampiau or stamps, not mutable)
- stamp (for postage, validation on a document, evidence of payment, etc.)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “stamp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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