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abhor definition

ab·hor (ab hôr′, əb-)

transitive verb abhorred -·horred′, abhorring -·hor′·ring

to shrink from in disgust, hatred, etc.; detest

Etymology: ME abhorren < L abhorrere < ab-, away, from + horrere, to shudder: see horrid

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