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).