Definition of Abhors

1. Verb. (third-person singular of abhor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abhors

1. abhor [v] - See also: abhor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abhors

abhoring
abhorred
abhorrence
abhorrences
abhorrencies
abhorrency
abhorrent
abhorrently
abhorrer
abhorrers
abhorrest
abhorreth
abhorrible
abhorring
abhorrings
abhors (current term)
abhour
abhurite
abhurites
abhydrolase
abibliophobia
abibliophobias
abid
abidable
abidance
abidances
abidden
abide
abide by
abideable

Literary usage of Abhors

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

1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"Such was my life. But was it life, O my God ? CHAPTER III. Not even in Church does he govern his desires; in the rhetoric school he abhors the doings of ..."

2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1870)
"11, de leg., absolutely forbids, Epictetus abhors. A horse that tills the 1 land fed with chaff, an idle jade have provender in abundance; him that makes ..."

3. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"... through the Gould & Curry Mine—"Nature abhors a Vacuum"— New Discoveries in Nevada—The White Pine Mines and their Promise—A Warning to Brigham Young—How ..."

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