Bible Dictionaries
Detest

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

(2):

(v. t.) To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Detest'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/detest.html. 1828.