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Scorn \Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF.
   escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern
   mockery, skern[=o]n to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to
   mock.]
   1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that
      disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter
      meanness and unworthiness of an object.

            Scorn at first makes after love the more. --Shak.

            And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an [ae]on
            to be born.                           --Emerson.

   2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.

            Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the
            fuel that too fast did burn.          --Dryden.

   3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.

            Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn
            and a derision to them that are round about us.
                                                  --Ps. xliv.
                                                  13.

   {To think scorn}, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt;
      to disdain. ``He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai
      alone.'' --Esther iii. 6.

   {To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to make a mock of; to
      ridicule as contemptible.

   Syn: Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight;
        dishonor; mockery.

Think \Think\, v. t.
   1. To conceive; to imagine.

            Charity . . . thinketh no evil.       --1 Cor. xiii.
                                                  4,5.

   2. To plan or design; to plot; to compass. [Obs.]

            So little womanhood And natural goodness, as to
            think the death Of her own son.       --Beau. & Fl.

   3. To believe; to consider; to esteem.

            Nor think superfluous other's aid.    --Milton.

   {To think much}, to esteem a great matter; to grudge. [Obs.]
      ``[He] thought not much to clothe his enemies.'' --Milton.

   {To think scorn}.
      (a) To disdain. [Obs.] ``He thought scorn to lay hands on
          Mordecai alone.'' --Esther iii. 6.
      (b) To feel indignation. [Obs.]