From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorned} (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Scoring}.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF.
escarnir, escharnir. See {Scorn}, n.]
1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of
regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
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I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. --Shak.
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This my long sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
--Milton.
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We scorn what is in itself contemptible or
disgraceful. --C. J. Smith.
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2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of
insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
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His fellow, that lay by his bed's side,
Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast.
--Chaucer.
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To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. --Shak.
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Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See {Contemn}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scored}
(sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scoring}.]
1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches
or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to
score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
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Let us score their backs. --Shak.
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A briar in that tangled wilderness
Had scored her white right hand. --M. Arnold.
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2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for
indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a
tally.
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3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or
account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
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Madam, I know when,
Instead of five, you scored me ten. --Swift.
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Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak.
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4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser.
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5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
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6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as,
to score an overture for an orchestra. See {Score}, n., 9.
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7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the
rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in
the drift epoch.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scoring
n 1: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score;
"what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had
to do" [syn: {marking}, {grading}, {scoring}]
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