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Webster 1913 Edition

Detest

De-test′

,
Verb.
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.]
The heresy of Nestorius . . . was
detested
in the Eastern churches.
Fuller.
God hath
detested
them with his own mouth.
Bale.
2.
To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe;
as, we
detest
what is contemptible or evil
.
Syn. – To abhor; abominate; execrate. See
Hate
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Detest

DETEST

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to affirm or bear witness. The primary sense of testor is to set, throw or thrust. To detest is to thrust away.] To abhor; to abominate; to hate extremely; as, to detest crimes or meanness.

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