2. Noun. (plural of spurn) ¹
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Definition of Spurns
1. spurn [v] - See also: spurn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spurns
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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