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De*test" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detested; p. pr. & vb. n. Detesting.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf. F. détester. See Testify.] 1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.]
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The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches. Fuller.
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God hath detested them with his own mouth. Bale.
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2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.
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Who dares think one thing, and another tell,
My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Pope.

Syn. -- To abhor; abominate; execrate. See Hate.
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