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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Regard \Re*gard"\ (r?*g?rd"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Regarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Regarding}.] [F. regarder; pref. re- re + garder to guard, heed, keep. See {Guard}, and cf. {Reward}.]

1. To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

Your niece regards me with an eye of favor. --Shak.

2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. [Obs.]

It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland. --Sandys.

That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the ass?ent of a hill, flanked with wood and regarding the river. --Evelyn.

3. To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly.

If much you note him, You offened him; . . . feed, and regard him not. --Shak.

4. To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy.

5. To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike.

His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness. --Macaulay.

6. To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem.

He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the LOrd. --Rom. xiv. 6.

Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king. --Shak.

7. To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition. ''Nether regarding that she is my child, nor fearing me as if II were her father.'' --Shak.

8. To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that.

Syn: To consider; observe; remark; heed; mind; respect; esteem; estimate; value. See {Attend}.
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