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spurned
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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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spurned
(wn) | spurned
adj 1: rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the
altar" [syn: jilted, rejected, spurned] |
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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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