abominate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ABOM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin abomino, supposed to be formed by ab and omen; to deprecate as ominous; may the Gods avert the evil.] To hate extremely; to abhor; to detest
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