View the French held in disdain by English (11)
I believe the answer is:
contemplate
'view' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the french held in disdain by english' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la'.
'held in' is an insertion indicator.
'disdain' becomes 'contempt' ('contempt' can be a synonym of 'disdain'**).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'la' put inside 'contempt' is 'contemplat'.
'contemplat'+'e'='CONTEMPLATE'
(Other definitions for contemplate that I've seen before include "Consider" , "Ruminate on" , "Intend" , "Think seriously" , "Look at thoughtfully" .)