abominate

t. [In Sp. abominar; Ital. abbominare; Lat. abominor = to depreciate as being of evil omen; hence, to detest: ab; omen, gen it. ominis; as if it had been said, absit omen = may the omen depart, God forbid that the omen should come to pa .] To loathe, to detest, to hate exceedingly. "He preferred both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue."-Swift. a-bom-in-at-ed, pa. par. [ABOMINATE.] a-bom-in-a-ting, pr. par. [ABOMINATE.] a-bom-in-a-tion, s. [ABOMINATE.] I. The act of doing something hateful. every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth."- Deut . xii. 31. because of the abominations which ye have committed."- Jer : xliv. 22. II. The state of being greatly hated or loathed. Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines."-1 Sam . xiii. 4. "Tobacco in any other form than that of richly scented snuff was held in abomination"-Macaulay: Hist. of Eng., ch. iii. III. Objectively : An object of extreme hatred, loathing, or aversion. An object loathed on account (1) Of its offensivene to the senses. (2) Of its ceremonial impurity: IMG:content-0035.jpg:[merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] 2. As adverb: Above. (Arthour & Merlin, IMG:content-0036.png:[blocks in formation] *a-boord', adv. [Fr bord = border.] From the bank. ( Spenser.) "As men in summer fearles pa e the foord, Which is in winter lord of all the plaine, And with his tumbling streames doth beare aboord The ploughman's hope and shepheard's labour vaine." Spenser: Ruines of Rome (1591). a-boot', pa . par. Beaten down. ( Skinner .) a-boot', adv . [ABOTE.] Το boot, the odds paid in a bargain. ( Roxburgh .)