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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·gard v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Regarding.]
 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.”
 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.