† Abhorring ppl. a.

Obs. [f. ABHOR v. + -ING².] Abhorrent, repulsive, repugnant. Const. from, which is occ. omitted.

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1611. Troublesome Raigne of K. John, II. 85. An act Abhorring in the eares of Christian men.

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1643. Milton, Divorce, II. vii. 79 (1851). Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all Law.

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1649. Selden, Laws of Eng., I. xli. 68 (1739). A matter quite abhorring the custom of all the Grecians.

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1678. Marvell, Growth of Popery, 4. There was … nothing so Monstrous to Reason, so abhorring from Morality.

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