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spurn
(encz) | spurn,odmítnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
spurn
(encz) | spurn,zavrhnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Spurn
(gcide) | Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned
(sp[^u]rnd); 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.
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[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
--Chaucer.
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I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak.
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2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
treat with contempt.
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What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak.
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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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Spurn
(gcide) | Spurn \Spurn\, v. i.
1. To kick or toss up the heels.
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The miller spurned at a stone. --Chaucer.
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The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. --Gay.
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2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make
contemptuous opposition or resistance.
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Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image.
--Shak.
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Spurn
(gcide) | Spurn \Spurn\, n.
1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.]
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What defense can properly be used in such a
despicable encounter as this but either the slap or
the spurn? --Milton.
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2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
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The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes. --Shak.
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3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging
mass.
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spurn
(wn) | spurn
v 1: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn:
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh,
disdain, turn down] |
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spurned
(encz) | spurned, adj: |
spurner
(encz) | spurner, n: |
Spurn
(gcide) | Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned
(sp[^u]rnd); 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.
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[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
--Chaucer.
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I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak.
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2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
treat with contempt.
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What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak.
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Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they
find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid
them at their master's feet. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]Spurn \Spurn\, v. i.
1. To kick or toss up the heels.
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The miller spurned at a stone. --Chaucer.
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The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. --Gay.
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2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make
contemptuous opposition or resistance.
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Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Spurn \Spurn\, n.
1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.]
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What defense can properly be used in such a
despicable encounter as this but either the slap or
the spurn? --Milton.
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2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
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The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes. --Shak.
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3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging
mass.
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Spurned
(gcide) | Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned
(sp[^u]rnd); 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.
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[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
--Chaucer.
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I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak.
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2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
treat with contempt.
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What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak.
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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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Spurner
(gcide) | Spurner \Spurn"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
One who spurns.
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Spurning
(gcide) | Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned
(sp[^u]rnd); 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.
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[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
--Chaucer.
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I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak.
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2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
treat with contempt.
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What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak.
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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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Spurn-water
(gcide) | Spurn-water \Spurn"-wa`ter\ (-w[add]`t[~e]r), n. (Naut.)
A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
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Upspurner
(gcide) | Upspurner \Up"spurn`er\, n.
A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer. [Obs.] --Joye.
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spurned
(wn) | spurned
adj 1: rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the
altar" [syn: jilted, rejected, spurned] |
spurner
(wn) | spurner
n 1: a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt;
"she was known as a spurner of all suitors"; "he was no
spurner of rules" |
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