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Definition of Detesting
1. detest [v] - See also: detest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detesting
Literary usage of Detesting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"They were at once brave, timid, detesting falsehood in others, and again courting
it; haughty and insolent with those of inferior rank or power, ..."
2. The History of the Reign of George III.: To which is Prefixed, A View of the by Robert Bisset (1820)
"Effects of the French revolution in Britain. —- detesting the old French government
and not acquainted with the new, Britons approve of the ..."
3. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"That unrelenting tyrant detesting superior merit, or irritated by an indiscreet
satirical production, resolved finally to extinguish the race, ..."
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