abhor (2 term of canon law = Latin ‘detestor’)
1.
to horrify, disgust Ham. V. i. 205 (Ff)
“how abhorred my
imagination is,”
Oth. IV. ii. 162
“It does me.”
2.
to protest against
H8 II. iv. 79
“I utterly abhor, yea .
. . Refuse you for my judge”
; cf. Err. III. ii.
165.
