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▪ I. abominate, v.|əˈbɒmɪneɪt|
[f. L. abōmināt- ppl. stem of abōminā-ri: see abominable and -ate3.]
1. To feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to regard with intense aversion; to abhor, loathe.
1644Bulwer Chironomia 53 Who refuse, abhor, detest or abominate some execrable thing. 1649Milton Eikon. i. 339 (1851) A Scotch Warr, condemn'd and abominated by the whole kingdom. 1706De Foe Jure Divino Pref. 4 Those who Swore to him when he was King..are all Perjur'd Rebels; abominable, and to be abominated by all good Men. 1728Newton Chronol. Amended 9 The Egyptians..lived only on the fruits of the earth, and abominated flesh-eaters. 1866Motley Dutch Rep. iii. v. 437 Influential persons in Madrid had openly abominated the cruel form of amnesty which had been decreed.
2. loosely. To dislike strongly.
1880V. Lee Italy iv. iii. 170 Steele..had no musical sense, and abominated operas. 1881A. Trollope Ayala's Angel III. xlvi. 37 Then he spake again ‘I do abominate a perverse young woman.’
▪ II. abominate, ppl. a.|əˈbɒmɪnət|
[ad. L. abōmināt-us pa. pple. of abōminā-ri: see abominable.]
Held in abomination, detested.
1850Blackie æschylus I. 194 These are the horrid feasts, Of gods abominate. 1852Kingsley Andromeda 58 Grieving the eyes of their pride, abominate, doomed to their anger. |