The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Your niece regards me with an eye of favor. --Shak.
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2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. [Obs.]
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It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland.
--Sandys.
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That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the ass?ent of a
hill, flanked with wood and regarding the river.
--Evelyn.
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3. To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay
attention to; to notice or remark particularly.
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If much you note him,
You offened him; . . . feed, and regard him not.
--Shak.
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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.
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5. To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward;
as, to regard one with favor or dislike.
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His associates seem to have regarded him with
kindness. --Macaulay.
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6. To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar
value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem.
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He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the
LOrd. --Rom. xiv. 6.
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Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king.
--Shak.
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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.
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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.
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Syn: To consider; observe; remark; heed; mind; respect;
esteem; estimate; value. See Attend.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Regarding \Re*gard"ing\, prep.
Concerning; respecting.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "regarding":
about, anent, apropos, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects,
as to, concerning, in connection with, in point of, in re,
in reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in relation with,
in respect to, of, on, pertaining to, pertinent to, re,
referring to, relating to, relative to, respecting, speaking of,
touching, upon, with regard to, with respect to