Dictionary entry

Regard

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐gard″ (r?‐g?rd″), v. t. [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.

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.