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re·gard       (rĭ-gärd')  Pronunciation Key  v.   re·gard·ed, re·gard·ing, re·gards v.   tr. To look at attentively; observe closely. To look upon or consider in a particular way: I regard him as a fool. To hold in esteem or respect: She regards her teachers highly. To relate or refer to; concern: This item regards their liability. To take into account; consider. Obsolete To take care of. v.   intr. To look or gaze. To give heed; pay attention. n.   A look or gaze. Careful thought or attention; heed: She gives little regard to her sister's teasing. Respect, affection, or esteem: He has high regard for your work. regards Good wishes expressing such sentiment: Give the family my best regards. A particular point or aspect; respect: She was lucky in that regard. Basis for action; motive. Obsolete Appearance or aspect. [Middle English regarden, from Old French regarder : re-, re- + guarder, to guard (of Germanic origin; see guard).] Synonyms: These nouns refer to a feeling based on perception of and approval for the worth of a person or thing. Regard is the most general: "I once thought you had a kind of regard for her" (George Borrow). Esteem connotes considered appraisal and positive regard: "The near-unanimity of esteem he enjoyed during his lifetime has by no means been sustained since" (Will Crutchfield). Admiration is a feeling of keen approbation: "Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration" (Matthew Arnold). Respect implies appreciative, often deferential regard resulting from careful assessment: "I have a great respect for any man who makes his own way in life" (Winston Churchill). See Also Synonyms at consider. Usage Note: Regard is traditionally used in the singular in the phrase in regard (not in regards) to. Regarding and as regards are also standard in the sense "with reference to." In the same sense with respect to is acceptable, but respecting is not. · Respects is sometimes considered preferable to regards in the sense of "particulars": In some respects (not regards) the books are alike.

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regard
noun
1.	(usually preceded by 'in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" [syn: respect]
2.	paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness] [ant: heedlessness]
3.	(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes"
4.	a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn: gaze]
5.	the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" [syn: esteem] [ant: disesteem]
6.	a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect"
7.	an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" [syn: respect] [ant: disrespect]
verb
1.	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" [syn: see]
2.	look at attentively
3.	connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" [syn: involve]

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regard

see in regard to.

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Regard

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. [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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Regard

Re*gard"\ (r?*g?rd"), v. i. To look attentively; to consider; to notice. [Obs.] --Shak.

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Regard

Re*gard"\, n. [F. regard See Regard, v. t.]

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. [Obs.] "Reason full of good regard." --Shak.

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.

Note: The phrase in regard of was formerly used as equivalent in meaning to on account of, but in modern usage is often improperly substituted for in respect to, or in regard to. --G. P. Marsh.

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. [R.]

Throw out our eyes for brave Othello, Even till we make the main and the a["e]rial blue An indistinct regard. --Shak.

9. (O.Eng.Law) Supervision; inspection.

At regard of, in consideration of; in comparison with. [Obs.] "Bodily penance is but short and little at regard of the pains of hell." --Chaucer.

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. --Blackstone.

Syn: Respect; consideration; notice; observance; heed; care; concern; estimation; esteem; attachment; reverence.