Definition of Spurns

1. Verb. Third-person singular simple present of '''to spurn'''. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of spurn) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spurns

1. spurn [v] - See also: spurn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spurns

spurlges
spurlging
spurlike
spurling
spurlings
spurn
spurne
spurned
spurner
spurners
spurnes
spurneth
spurning
spurningly
spurnings
spurns (current term)
spurnwater
spurnwaters
spurred
spurred gentian
spurrer
spurrers
spurrey
spurreys
spurrier
spurriers
spurries
spurring
spurrings
spurrite

Literary usage of Spurns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"LECOMPTON BILL PASSES THE SENATE. — COULD NOT BE FORCED THROUGH THE HOUSE. — THE ENGLISH BILL SUBSTITUTED AND PASSED. — KANSAS spurns THE ..."

2. Self-culture: An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Delivered at by William Ellery Channing (1839)
"Wo to him, who impatiently, selfishly, spurns the restraints of God, and who winks out of sight the crime of sending forth the sword to destroy, because, ..."

3. Outing (1892)
"... and stood in haughty pose. Now the lover is at her feet and is begging forgiveness. She looks down upon him and half relents, then spurns him, ..."

4. Ireland Past and Present by John Habberton (1902)
"But the verdict of posterity, always a just one, calls such a high-spirited and unfearing attitude true heroism, and spurns However that may be, ..."

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