What does "abhor" mean?
Abhor: 2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.] It doth abhor me now I speak the word. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.(Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.] I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak. See Hate.
- 3.To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. [Obs.] "To abhor from those vices." Udall. Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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