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Definition of Derided
1. deride [v] - See also: deride
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derided
Literary usage of Derided
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... won a derided victory, nnd destroyed fifteen ships of the Corinthian».
It happened likewise tho ч uno d:iy, that those too who «ere besieging ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... the sickly and affected taste of those men who impertinently derided the sacred
traditions of their ancestors.14 But the devout philosopher, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"derided Dec. 12,18X1. AP PE AL from the Circuit Court of the United States for
the District of Louisiana. T li u case is stated by the court. ..."
4. Thirty Years of Labor. 1859-1889: In which the History of the Attempts to by Terence Vincent Powderly (1889)
"Chicago convention—National Labor Bureau proposed by Sylvis—New York session—The
press silent except to ridicule—Labor speakers derided—Politics kept out ..."
5. An Introduction to the History of the Revolt of the American Colonies: Being by George Chalmers (1845)
"The British Constitution respected in Virginia;— derided in New England ;— Regard
for it in Maryland.— Effects of the Seditions in the Reign of Charles the ..."
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