a. Obs. rare–1. [f. L. abhorrē-re (see ABHOR), on the type of horrible, L. horribilis f. the simple horrēre.] To be abhorred, detestable.
1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Pet. ii. 7 (1865), 364 a. How abhorrible is that vice, which shall rob a man of himself, and lay a beast in his room!
