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.