It used to be that you either had it, used it, or showed it...
2007-01-30 08:14:13 · 10 answers · asked by comedycatalyst 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Answers 6&7 a really good!
2007-01-30 08:48:33 · update #1
(are) really good!
2007-01-30 08:49:04 · update #2
Since respect was a verb and you could throw on a prefix such as dis-... which is for as long as I can remember
2007-01-30 08:21:38 · answer #1 · answered by Abbey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Disrespect" as a verb is hardly innovative. Its first OED attestation is in 1614, the OED's next two are likewise from the seventeenth century, and all of its first five OED attestations pre-date the twentieth century:
1614 WITHER Sat. to King, Juvenilia (1633) 346 Here can I smile to see..how the mean mans suit is dis-respected.
1633 BP. HALL Hard Texts N.T. 11 If he love the one he must disrespect the other.
1683 CAVE Ecclesiastici 231 (Basil) To honor him, and dis-respect his Friend, was to stroke a man’s head with one hand, and strike him with the other.
1706 HEARNE Collect. 26 Apr., He was disrespected in Oxford by several men who now speak well of him.
1852 L. HUNT Poems Pref. 27 As if..sorrow disrespected things homely.
1885 G. MEREDITH Diana I. 257 You will judge whether he disrespects me.
2014-01-27 14:37:42 · answer #2 · answered by handwritinglady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disrespect can definitely be a verb. And it always has been. For example, if you say "She disrespected me." She is the subject and disrespect is the verb that goes along with that subject.
2007-01-30 16:22:19 · answer #3 · answered by Mellio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disrespect is a noun -- the use of the word as a verb (just the past few years) drives me NUTS!
actually, even worse is when I hear "disrespecting" -- that just makes me want to scream. I mean, learn the English language, people!
2007-01-30 16:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you SHOW disresepect it is a noun. If you are disrespectful it is an adjective. If you were to say don't disrespect me then it is indeed a verb.
2007-01-30 16:22:07 · answer #5 · answered by Betsy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will (disrespect) my elders. That's used as a verb.
2007-01-30 16:21:27 · answer #6 · answered by "I Want to Know Your Answer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a verb is something you can do or something you can see someone do...that is the way I introduce verbs to my first graders. You can see and hear someone respect/disrecpect someone therefore it is a verb. (think of verbal disrespect)
2007-01-30 16:41:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost 400 years, since before it was a noun.
disrespect 1614 (v.), 1631 (n.), from dis- + respect.
2007-01-30 16:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by Brett W 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't disrespect my answer.
2007-01-30 16:21:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since always.. haha
2007-01-30 16:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by Interior Design Pro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋