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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Misregard, -regaird, v. Also: -reguard, miss-, miseregard. [Regard v. Only Sc.] To disregard, pay no attention to, fail to heed. a. Chiefly, to fail to give due regard or respect to, to slight, treat with contemptuous indifference. b. To ignore, neglect, pass over, leave out of consideration.With things or persons as object.a. (1) 1582 Reg. Privy C. III. 470.
Thay wald gif his majestie occasioun … to think his letter … misregardit 1583 Ib. 605.
To misregaird his hienes charges and authoritie 1605 Bk. Univ. Kirk III. 1018.
A very few number of the ministrie … misregarding the former discharge given to their presbytries … proceeded to the holding of an assembly 1608 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 63.
Thay maid na accompt of thair cumming to the stuill, bot misregardit the same altogidder 1609 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 342.
Misregairding his majesteis auctoritie … and honest forme of traid and liveing 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æn. ii. 426.
Those lovers … Whole given to lust and misregarding fame 1618 Spottiswoode Misc. I. 68.
By this means men are brought to missregard all religion 1632 Lithgow Trav. 453.
The Kings safe conduct he misregarded, giuing it neyther respect nor trust 1637 Rothes Affairs Kirk 58.
The proclaming a dispensatione to the supplicants … wold either make his mercie misregardit or force them to condemne their owne doeings 1642 Baillie II. 6. 1654 Ib. III. 259. c1650 Spalding I. 126.
The Bischop of Abirdein, misregairding his excomvnicatioun … preichis ordinarlie Ib. 144.
Bot he misregardit all counsall Ib. 111. 1668 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. II. 463.
He had neglected and misreguarded the said command 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 571.
If ye shall misregard their office, disdain their persons 1697 A. Fergusson in Laird of Lag (1886) 247.
They having misregarded all former admonitions of the synod(2) 1593 Misc. Spald. C. I. 5.
Thay contempteuslie hes misregardit your maiestie 1598 Bruces of Airth App. lxx.
The presbytery esteem themselves misregardit and lichtleit by him 1619 Perth Kirk S. 13 Sept.
The sessioun war heichlie offendit that he suld haue safar misregairdit his pastour 1625 Conv. Burghs III. 182.
The saids factouris does intrude theme selffis … misregairding the merchands to quhome they ar servands a1634 Forbes Rec. 420.
The order taken … hes armed som of the insolent sort to despyse and misregaird the ministers 1639 Baillie II. 445.
My flock ought not to be so far misregarded 1637 Ib. I. 6. 1638 Ib. 104. 1649 Cullen Kirk S. 3 June.
The said Thomas vas delait for misregarding his fatherb. 1582 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 234.
A dayngerous exampill to vtheris … gyf this suld be misregairdit and vnpvnist 1635 Dundonald Par. Rec. 398.
That if they transgresse heirin they [the poor] shall be misregairdit of the paroch and countit as strangeris
