Abhor, 1) to detest to extremity, to loathe; with an accus.: Ven. 138. Lucr. 195. Lucr. 195 Sonn. 150, 11. Sonn. 150, 11 Pilgr. 165. Gent. IV, 3, 17. Wiv. III, 5, 16. Meas. II, 2, 29. Ado II, 3, 101. LLL V, 1, 20. As II, 3, 28. Tw. II, 5, 219. III, 1, 176. John IV, 3, 111. H8 II, 4, 236. Cor. I, 8, 3. Tim. I, 1, 60. IV, 3, 398. V, 4, 75. Oth. I, 1, 6. II, 1, 236. Cymb. V, 5, 40. With an inf.: “what I a. to name,” Meas. III, 1, 102. “my heart --s to hear him named,” Rom. III, 5, 100. Cymb. IV, 2, 357.
Part. --ed, adjectively, == detested, abominable: “to act her --ed commands,” Tp. I, 2, 273. “--ed slave,” Tp. I, 2, 273 Meas. II, 4, 183. Alls IV, 3, 28. Wint. II, 1, 43. John IV, 2, 224. Troil. V, 3, 17. Cor. I, 4, 32. V, 3, 148. Tit. II, 3, 98. Rom. V, 3, 104. Tim. IV, 3, 20. Tim. IV, 3, 20 V, 1, 63. Mcb. V, 7, 10. Lr. I, 2, 81. V, 3, 210. Cymb. V, 5, 216.
2) to protest against, to refuse as a judge: “I utterly a. you for my judge,” H8 II, 4, 81. Hence in comical imitation of the judicial language: “she that doth call me husband, even my soul doth for a wife a.” Err. III, 2, 164.
3) to fill with horror and loathing: “how --ed my imagination is!” Hml. V, 1, 206 (Qq and M. Edd. how --ed in my imagination it is!). “it doth a. me now I speak the word,” Oth. IV, 2, 162.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
This text was converted to electronic form by professional data entry and has been proofread to a high level of accuracy.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
