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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Regard \Re*gard"\, n. [F. regard See Regard, v. t.]
   1. A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.
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            But her, with stern regard, he thus repelled.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest;
      observation; heed; notice.
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            Full many a lady
            I have eyed with best regard.         --Shak.
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   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.
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            He has rendered himself worthy of their most
            favorable regards.                    --A. Smith.
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            Save the long-sought regards of woman, nothing is
            sweeter than those marks of childish preference.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
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   4. State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise;
      estimation; repute; note; account.
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            A man of meanest regard amongst them, neither having
            wealth or power.                      --Spenser.
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   5. Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.
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            Sad pause and deep regard become the sage. --Shak.
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   6. Matter for consideration; account; condition. [Obs.]
      "Reason full of good regard." --Shak.
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   7. Respect; relation; reference.
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            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.
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   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.
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               Change was thought necessary in regard of the
               injury the church did receive by a number of
               things then in use.                --Hooker.
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               In regard of its security, it had a great
               advantage over the bandboxes.      --Dickens.
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   8. Object of sight; scene; view; aspect. [R.]
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            Throw out our eyes for brave Othello,
            Even till we make the main and the aerial blue
            An indistinct regard.                 --Shak.
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   9. (O.Eng.Law) Supervision; inspection.
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   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.
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   Syn: Respect; consideration; notice; observance; heed; care;
        concern; estimation; esteem; attachment; reverence.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Survey \Sur"vey\, n. [Formerly accentuated universally on the
   last syllable, and still so accented by many speakers.]
   1. The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.
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            Under his proud survey the city lies. --Sir J.
                                                  Denham.
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   2. A particular view; an examination, especially an official
      examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing,
      with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or
      quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of
      roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.
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   3. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions,
      position, or other particulars of, as any part of the
      earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured
      plan and description of any portion of country, or of a
      road or line through it.
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   Survey of dogs. See Court of regard, under Regard.

   Trigonometrical survey, a survey of a portion of country by
      measuring a single base, and connecting it with various
      points in the tract surveyed by a series of triangles, the
      angles of which are carefully measured, the relative
      positions and distances of all parts being computed from
      these data.
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   Syn: Review; retrospect; examination; prospect.
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