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has despised

  • present perfect of despise (3rd person singular).

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“He has said everything and its opposite, he has despised many people,” Ms. Saidj said, adding Mr. Macron had acted like “a king.”

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2022

No one has despised Big Pharma for as long as Dr. Angell has.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2018

He has despised Gawker Media since its site Valleywag outed him as gay in 2007.

From Slate May 26, 2016

He has despised me, he has been laughing at me—God forgive him!

From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

He has despised me, and without reason––because I presumed to love your mother, lad, against his arrogant will.

From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne