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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + spuō.
Verb
dēspuō (present infinitive dēspuere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to spit out or upon
- to reject or abhor
- Synonyms: abōminor, exsecror, abhorreō
- Antonyms: amō, dīligō
Conjugation
References
- “despuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “despuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- despuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.