Bible Dictionaries
Detest
King James Dictionary
DETEST, L., to affirm or bear witness. The primary sense of testor is to set, throw or thrust. To detest is to thrust away. To abhor to abominate to hate extremely as, to detest crimes or meanness.
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Entry for 'Detest'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/d/detest.html.