Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.