v.
   - consider in a particular way.
 - gaze at in a specified fashion.
 - archaic pay attention to.
 
n.
   - attention or concern:
 she rescued him without regard for herself.
 - high opinion; esteem. 
▸
(regards)
 best wishes.
 - a steady look.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - as regards
 concerning.  - in this 
(or that)
 regard
 in connection with the point previously mentioned.  - with 
(or in or having)
 regard to
 as concerns. 
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. regarder ‘to watch’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + garder (see guard).