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abominate

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  1. hate                  
 
abom.i.nate \*-'ba:m-*-.na-t\ \-.na-t-*r\ vt [L abominatus, pp. of 
   abominari, lit., to deprecate as an ill omen,] fr. ab- + omin-, omen omen : 
   to hate or loathe intensely : ABHOR  - abom.i.na.tor n