Definition of Abhors. Meaning of Abhors. Synonyms of Abhors

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Definition of Abhors

Abhor
Abhor Ab*hor", v. i. 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.
Abhor
Abhor Ab*hor", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abhorred; p. pr. & vb. n. Abhorring.] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See Horrid.] 1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. --Rom. xii. 9. 2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.] It doth abhor me now I speak the word. --Shak. 3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.] I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. --Shak. Syn: To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate.

Meaning of Abhors from wikipedia

- Abhorrers, the name given in 1679 to the persons who expressed their abhorrence at the action of those who had signed petitions urging King Charles II...
- Abhor (or Amba Hor) and Mehraela were a brother and sister who were martyrs for the Christian faith. Etymology of the word "Abhor": from Latin abhorrēre...
- horror of the vacuum) or plenism (/ˈpliːnɪzəm/)—commonly stated as "nature abhors a vacuum", for example by Spinoza—is a hypothesis attributed to Aristotle...
- speaking, her enemies divide themselves into three classes: first, those who abhor her both as a means and as an end of progress, opposing her openly, avowedly...
- rebutted the likes of Aristotle and Descartes who insisted that nature abhors a vacuum. He is also credited as the inventor of modern public transportation...
- positive pressure Plenism, or Horror vacui (physics) the concept that "nature abhors a vacuum" Plenum (meeting), a meeting of a deliberative ****embly in which...
- suspect at 19" International Herald Tribune 18 July 2005. "Widow of bomber 'abhors' attack" BBC News, 23 September 2005 "White Widow 'has killed 400 people'...
- coffee business. He is an intelligent man but is fiercely independent and abhors the thought of being tied down by one career in his life. Yoon Eun-hye as...
- Merton that the Junior Common Room proposed a motion "that this society abhors the Americanization of Oxford". It was defeated by two votes after Eliot...
- book Setsuyo Ochiboshu published in 1808, states that the kanji 坂 was abhorred because it means "returns to the earth," and thus 阪 was used. The kanji...