v (transitive) To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. (defdate|First attested from around (1350 to 1470).)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =4| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
v (transitive|obsolete|impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust. (defdate|Attested from the mid 16th century until the early 17th century.)
v (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
v (transitive|canon law|obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
v (intransitive|obsolete) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; (non-gloss definition|construed with from). (defdate|Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.)
v (intransitive|obsolete) Differ entirely from. (defdate|Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.)