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.
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            Your niece regards me with an eye of favor. --Shak.
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   2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. [Obs.]
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            It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland.
                                                  --Sandys.
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            That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the ass?ent of a
            hill, flanked with wood and regarding the river.
                                                  --Evelyn.
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   3. To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay
      attention to; to notice or remark particularly.
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            If much you note him,
            You offened him; . . . feed, and regard him not.
                                                  --Shak.
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   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.
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   5. To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward;
      as, to regard one with favor or dislike.
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            His associates seem to have regarded him with
            kindness.                             --Macaulay.
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   6. To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar
      value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem.
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            He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the
            LOrd.                                 --Rom. xiv. 6.
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            Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king.
                                                  --Shak.
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   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.
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   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.
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   Syn: To consider; observe; remark; heed; mind; respect;
        esteem; estimate; value. See Attend.
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Regarding \Re*gard"ing\, prep.
   Concerning; respecting.
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