Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abhor

Abhor ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Latin abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: compare French abhorrer. See Horrid.]

1.
To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — Rom. xii. 9
2.
To fill with horror or disgust. [Obsolete]
It doth abhor me now I speak the word. — Shakespeare
3.
(Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obsolete]
I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. — Shakespeare

Abhor , intransitive verb

To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with [Obsolete]
To abhor from those vices. — Udall
Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. — Milton