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spurn

spurn [ spurn ]


verb  (past and past participle spurned, present participle spurn·ing, 3rd person present singular spurns)
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb reject somebody or something with disdain: to reject a person, offer, gift, or advances with scorn and contempt

2. transitive verb thrust something away with foot: to reject something by pushing it away with the foot ( archaic )



noun  (plural spurns)
Definition:
 
1. scornful rejection: a contemptuous or scornful rejection

2. kick: a kick with the foot

[ Old English spurnan< Indo-European]

spurn·er noun
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