'Detest' definitions:
Definition of 'detest'
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Definition of 'Detest'
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- Detest \De*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detested; p. pr. & vb. n. Detesting.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf. F. d['e]tester. See Testify.]
- 1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- God hath detested them with his own mouth. --Bale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil. [1913 Webster]
- Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell. --Pope.
- Syn: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See Hate. [1913 Webster]