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Definition of Scorning
1. scorn [v] - See also: scorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorning
Literary usage of Scorning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... a young man formerly of New York, but now scorning the imputation of being a
Yankee, and Mr. Charles Javins, of the provost guard of Richmond. ..."
2. The Trial of Theodore Parker: For the "misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil by Theodore Parker (1855)
"Symbolical court of the Fugitive Slave Bill — it does not respect life, why should
it death 'i aud, scorning liberty, why should it heed decorum? ..."
3. The Trial of Theodore Parker: For the "misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil by Theodore Parker (1855)
"Symbolical court of the Fugitive Slave Bill — it does not respect life, why should
it death ? and, scorning liberty, why should it heed decorum ? ..."
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