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Webster 1913 Edition
Hate
Hate
(hāt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hating
.] 1.
To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest;
as, to
hate
one’s enemies; to hate
hypocrisy.Whosoever
hateth
his brother is a murderer. 1 John iii. 15.
2.
To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that;
as, to
hate
to get into debt; to hate
that anything should be wasted.I
hate
that he should linger here. Tennyson.
Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.
Hate
,Noun.
[OE. ]
hate
, hete
, AS. hete
; akin to D. haat
, G. hass
, Icel. hatr
, SW. hat
, Dan. had
, Goth. hatis
. Cf. Hate
, Verb.
Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; – opposed to love.
For in a wink the false love turns to
hate
. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hate
HATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To dislike greatly; to have a great aversion to. It expresses less than abhor, detest, and abominate, unless pronounced with a peculiar emphasis. How long will fools hate knowledge? Prov.1.
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you. Luke 6.
The Roman tyrant was contented to be hated, if he was but feared.
2.
In Scripture, it signifies to love less. If any man come to me, and hate not father and mother, &c. Luke 14.
He that spareth the rod, hateth his son. Prov. 13.
HATE
,Noun.
Definition 2025
hâte
hâte
French
Noun
hâte f (plural hâtes)
Related terms
Verb
hâte
- first-person singular present indicative of hâter
- third-person singular present indicative of hâter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of hâter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of hâter
- second-person singular imperative of hâter
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Old French haste, from Frankish *haist, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“violence”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeibʰ- (“quickly, violently”).
Noun
hâte f (plural hâtes)