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Detest

//dɪˈtɛst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe. transitive

    "I detest snakes."

  2. 2
    dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards wordnet
  3. 3
    To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. obsolete, transitive

    "The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches."

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle French detester (French détester), from Latin dētestor (“to imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from dē- + testor (“to testify, bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”); see test, testify. Doublet of detestate.

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