3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Regarding  \Re*gard"ing\,  prep. 
  Concerning;  respecting. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Regard  \Re*gard"\  (r?*g?rd"),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Regarded};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Regarding}.]  [F.  regarder;  pref.  re-  re  + 
  garder  to  guard,  heed,  keep  See  {Guard},  and  cf  {Reward}.] 
  1.  To  keep  in  view;  to  behold;  to  look  at  to  view;  to  gaze 
  upon 
 
  Your  niece  regards  me  with  an  eye  of  favor.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Hence  to  look  or  front  toward;  to  face.  [Obs.] 
 
  It  is  peninsula  which  regardeth  the  mainland. 
  --Sandys. 
 
  That  exceedingly  beatiful  seat,  on  the  ass?ent  of  a 
  hill,  flanked  with  wood  and  regarding  the  river. 
  --Evelyn. 
 
  3.  To  look  closely  at  to  observe  attentively;  to  pay 
  attention  to  to  notice  or  remark  particularly. 
 
  If  much  you  note  him  You  offened  him  .  .  .  feed, 
  and  regard  him  not  --Shak. 
 
  4.  To  look  upon  as  in  a  certain  relation;  to  hold  as  an 
  popinion;  to  consider;  as  to  regard  abstinence  from  wine 
  as  a  duty;  to  regard  another  as  a  friend  or  enemy. 
 
  5.  To  consider  and  treat;  to  have  a  certain  feeling  toward; 
  as  to  regard  one  with  favor  or  dislike. 
 
  His  associates  seem  to  have  regarded  him  with 
  kindness.  --Macaulay. 
 
  6.  To  pay  respect  to  to  treat  as  something  of  peculiar 
  value,  sanctity,  or  the  like  to  care  for  to  esteem. 
 
  He  that  regardeth  thae  day  regardeth  it  into  the 
  LOrd.  --Rom.  xiv.  6. 
 
  Here's  Beaufort,  that  regards  nor  God  nor  king. 
  --Shak. 
 
  7.  To  take  into  consideration;  to  take  account  of  as  a  fact 
  or  condition.  ``Nether  regarding  that  she  is  my  child,  nor 
  fearing  me  as  if  II  were  her  father.''  --Shak. 
 
  8.  To  have  relation  to  as  bearing  upon  to  respect;  to 
  relate  to  to  touch;  as  an  argument  does  not  regard  the 
  question;  --  often  used  impersonally;  as  I  agree  with  you 
  as  regards  this  or  that 
 
  Syn:  To  consider;  observe;  remark;  heed;  mind;  respect; 
  esteem;  estimate;  value.  See  {Attend}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  regarding 
  adj  :  referring  or  directing  attention  to  "as  to  what  we  have 
  discussed...";  "in  relation  to  your  inquiry..."; 
  "income  vis-a-vis  expenditures"  [syn:  {as  to},  {concerning}, 
  {in  relation  to},  {vis-a-vis},  {with  reference  to},  {in 
  regard  to},  {with  regard  to},  {with  respect  to}] 

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