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spurning |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spurn \Spurn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spurned}; p. pr & vb n. {Spurning}.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over AS spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push [root]171. See {Spur}.] 1. To drive back or away as with the foot; to kick. [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. --Chaucer. I spurn thee like a cur out of my way --Shak. 2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept to treat with contempt. What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak. Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. --Locke.
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