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Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Abominated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Abominating

[L.

abominatus

, p. p. or

abominari

to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse;

omen

a foreboding. See

To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe;

as, to

abominate

all impiety

Syn. – To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See

Verb.

[L. abomino, supposed to be formed by ab and omen; to deprecate as ominous; may the Gods avert the evil.]

To hate extremely; to abhor; to detest