Regard

v. t.	1.	To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon. [imp. & p. p. Regarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Regarding.] 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.
	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.
v. i.	1.	To look attentively; to consider; to notice.
n.	1.	A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze. But her, with stern regard, he thus repelled. - Milton.
	2.	Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice. Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard. - Shak.
	3.	That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; - often in the plural. He has rendered himself worthy of their most favorable regards. - A. Smith. Save the long-sought regards of woman, nothing is sweeter than those marks of childish preference. - Hawthorne.
	4.	State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account. A man of meanest regard amongst them, neither having wealth or power. - Spenser.
	5.	Consideration; thought; reflection; heed. Sad pause and deep regard become the sage. - Shak.
	6.	Matter for consideration; account; condition.
	7.	Respect; relation; reference. Persuade them to pursue and persevere in virtue, with regard to themselves; in justice and goodness with regard to their neighbors; and piefy toward God. - I. Watts. Change was thought necessary in regard of the injury the church did receive by a number of things then in use. - Hooker. In regard of its security, it had a great advantage over the bandboxes. - Dickens.
	8.	Object of sight; scene; view; aspect. Throw out our eyes for brave Othello, Even till we make the main and the aërial blue An indistinct regard. - Shak.
	9.	(O.Eng.Law) Supervision; inspection. At regard of in consideration of; in comparison with. Court of regard a forest court formerly held in England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; - called also survey of dogs. - Chaucer.

Noun	1.	regard - (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" Synonyms: respect
	2.	regard - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" Synonyms: attentiveness, heed, paying attention
	3.	regard - (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" Synonyms: compliments, wish
	4.	regard - a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" Synonyms: gaze
	5.	regard - the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" Synonyms: esteem, respect
	6.	regard - a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" Synonyms: respect
	7.	regard - an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" Synonyms: esteem, respect
Verb	1.	regard - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" Synonyms: consider, view, reckon, see
	2.	regard - look at attentively Synonyms: consider
	3.	regard - connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" Synonyms: involve, affect

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