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