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abhor
English
Etymology
First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorre? (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab- (“from”) +? horre? (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?h??(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /æb?h??/, /?b?h??/
- Rhymes: -???
Verb
abhor (third-person singular simple present abhors, present participle abhorring, simple past and past participle abhorred)
- (transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Synonyms: detest, disdain, loathe
- 1611, Romans 12:9, King James Bible:
- Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
- (transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the early 17th century.]
- c. 1604 William Shakespeare, Othello, act 4, scene 1:
- It does abhor me now I speak the word.
- c. 1604 William Shakespeare, Othello, act 4, scene 1:
- (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
- (transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
- c. 1613 William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, act 2, scene 4:
- I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge.
- c. 1613 William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, act 2, scene 4:
- (intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
- the daunce were to their honour and memorie, whiche moste of all abhored from Christes religion
- c. 1644, John Milton, "The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce", Book II, Chap. 7.
- Either then the law by harmless and needful dispenses, which the gospel is now made to deny, must have anticipated and exceeded the grace of the gospel, or else must be found to have given politic and superficial graces without real pardon, saying in general, “do this and live,” and yet deceiving and damning underhand with unsound and hollow permissions; which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law, as hath been shewed.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
- (intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.]
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to regard as horrifying or detestable): See Thesaurus:hate
Related terms
Translations
References
- abhor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- abhor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Bohra, Borah, broha
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admonition
English
Etymology
From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.
Noun
admonition (plural admonitions)
- Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:advice
Related terms
- admonish
Translations
Anagrams
- domination
French
Pronunciation
Noun
admonition f (plural admonitions)
- an admonition, a warning
Further reading
- “admonition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Noun
admonition c
- an admonition, a warning
Declension
Synonyms
- varning
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