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.
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}.
Regard \Re*gard"\ (r?*g?rd"), v. i. To look attentively; to consider; to notice. [Obs.] --Shak.
Regard \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.
Note: 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 a["e]rial 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.
Although fraternal ties with vendors have been common for decades in Japan, U.S. companies "tend to regard the supplier as their enemy," says Terry Ozan, national director of manufacturing services at Ernst & Young.
Investors often regard the dollar as a safe haven in times of international tension.
This follows a temporary slowing to 2.6 per cent in the first quarter, reflecting bad weather and other distortions. Many analysts now regard an early increase in short-term interest rates as all but inevitable.
"I regard happy babies to be a bargain," she says.
Many keen skiers regard Argentiere's Grands Montets as the best ski mountain in Europe, particularly in powder.
Turnover on the NYSE was heavy at 239m shares, and rises outpaced declines by 909 to 867. Analysts regard the selling of recent days as a temporary correction in prices following the recent period of strength.
Besides, "I'd not regard myself as a stereotype accountant.
Despite an enormous amount of rhetoric everywhere these days about our trade problem with Japan, only Mr. McGurn's article touches on what I regard as the real essence of the problem: Japanese agriculture.
Mr. Miller's low regard for and asserted gratitude to the starchy Mr. Kuhn punctuates his book.
With regard to the foregoing paragraph, the French delegation considers that where very important interests are at stake the discussion must be continued until unanimous agreement is reached. III.
Against the background of his belief that he had two years from the winding up to make his application, sufficient explanation for the delay had been given. With regard to the inaccuracies, this was public interest litigation.
He offered no specific targets in regard to layoffs.
Until recently, prices in the Soviet Union were set by the government, without regard to costs.
And a high regard for the epidemiological expertise of economists is apparently an article of faith held in common by both The Wall Street Journal and Science. It's just common sense.
Mr Michael Howard, who, as is proper for an environment secretary, is busying himself with the promotion of 'Helping the Earth' week, is known to regard even the distant prospect of re-entry to the ERM with hostility.
He said he was shocked at the level of atrocities committed by some people who now regard themselves as Australians.
What is truly frightening is that despite our knowledge we continue to subsidise activities without regard to their devastating environmental - and economic - impacts,' said Mr George Miller, the committee's chairman.
"The bright side is that things no longer appear to be out of control on the down side, with regard to Emery," said Paul Schlesinger, an analyst with Alex Brown.
All the while, Song is deceiving Gallimard, not only with regard to her sex, but in her work as a spy, as we learn when we see her routinely interrogated by Comrade Chin (Lori Tan Chinn).
Unfortunately, it is restricted in doing this by European legislation for some categories of heavy goods vehicle. Companies actually regard the disposal of waste and packaging as the most important environmental problem facing them.
Walker said in regard to the more than 600 contacts between Wallach and Meese that "Wallach put all this in writing.
Critics contend that because the high-risk futures markets are so volatile, the linkage created by index arbitrage wrenches stock prices around without regard to their real values.
It is in that regard and a lot of others, admirable, mainly thanks to the fact that the script and direction are the work of George Stevens.
But generally, they regard public debate as destabilizing and a possible threat to their hold on power.
It's common these days to regard retirement as a chance to start a second career, to keep working part time as a consultant, or to see if a longtime hobby can be turned into a legitimate livelihood.
The Republicans regard Allison as a turncoat and grumble that he is angling for a senior job such as national-security adviser.
'It is a proven product with many users, so we regard it as adequate for us, too.
In this regard it is interesting to note that, buried in appendix III of the task force report is the fact that 67 per cent of bargains by volume are done by or for individuals accounting for 14 per cent by value.
Others have misgivings about the write-down approach that Congress mandated, saying many of their farm constituents who struggled to meet their obligations regard write-downs as an unfair reward for mismanagement and spendthrift ways.
"I am and have always been neutral with regard to the political race," Mr. Reagan said.