detestate

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/dɪˈtɛsteɪt/

verb

To detest.

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Meanings

verbdetestate (third-person singular simple present detestates, present participle detestating, simple past and past participle detestated)

present singular third person detestates · participle present detestating · participle past detestated · past detestated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo detest.

    This worlde, whiche as a mortall enemy the doctrine of the Ghospel dooeth detestate and abhorre.

    1549, Erasmus, “(please specify the book of the Bible, or other title)”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall; et al.], transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche
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APA

detestate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detestate

MLA

“detestate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detestate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detestate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detestate.

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