despise (v.)
"look down upon, scorn, disdain, treat with contempt," c. 1300, despisen, from Old French despis-, present-participle stem of despire "to despise," from Latin despicere "look down on, scorn,"
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To despise is to put One-Self Above
To put One-Self above is to put One-Self Below