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de·test [ di tést ] (past and past participle de·test·ed, present participle de·test·ing, 3rd person present singular de·tests)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
hate: to dislike somebody or something very much

[15th century. Via French< Latin detestari "bear witness against, denounce" < testis "witness"]

de·test·er noun
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