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   Slight (?), n. Sleight.  Spenser.
   
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   Slight, v. t. [Cf. D. slechten to level, to demolish.]
   1. To overthrow; to demolish. [Obs.]  Clarendon.
   
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   2. To make even or level. [Obs.]  Hexham.
   
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   3. To throw heedlessly. [Obs.]
   
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   The rogue slighted me into the river. Shak.
   
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   Slight (?), a. [Compar. Slighter (?); superl. Slightest.] [OE. slit, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple, plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht, schlicht, OHG. sleht smooth, simple, Icel. slttr smooth, Sw. slät, Goth. slaíhts; or uncertain origin.]
   1. Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, “a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.” “At one slight bound.”  Milton.
   
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   Slight is the subject, but not so the praise. Pope.
   
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   Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds. Locke.
   
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   2. Not stout or heavy; slender.
   
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   His own figure, which was formerly so slight. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   3. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.  Hudibras.
   
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   Slight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slighting.] To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, “to slight the divine commands”.  Milton.
   
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   The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies. Cowper.
   
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   To slight off, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. [R.] -- To slight over, to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, “to slight over a theme”.  “They will but slight it over.”  Bacon.
   
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   Syn. -- To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn.  -- Slight, Neglect. To slight is stronger than to neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in other concerns. To slight is always a positive and intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no longer.
   
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   Beware . . . lest the like befall . . .
   
   If they transgress and slight that sole command. Milton.
   
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   This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace,
   
   Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton.
   
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   Slight, n. The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
   
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   Syn. -- Neglect; disregard; inattention; contempt; disdain; scorn; disgrace; indignity; disparagement.
   
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   Slight, adv. Slightly. [Obs. or Poetic]
   
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   Think not so slight of glory. Milton.
   
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