levipendere

levipendere [ML; cf. CL parvipendere] , to value lightly, consider of little account (also in tmesis). cuncta levipendit qui semper se moriturum / cogitat H. Cantor Vers. 228; sic et amans non ipse levi tua pectora pendo L. Durh. Dial. I 157; tantum successum ~ens quod casualiter ‥ provenisset Map NC V 5 f. 66; causa barbare litere fuerant jam a longe ~ensa et despecta Croyl. 98.

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