abhor

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ABHOR', verb transitive [L abhorreo, of ab and horreo, to set up bristles, shiver or shake; to look terrible.] 1. To hate extremely, or with contempt; to lothe, detest or abominate. 2. To despise or neglect. Psalms 22:24. Amos 6:8. 3. To cast off or reject. Ps. lxxix. 38.
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