detest
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
detest/dɪˈtest/
▶verb dislike intensely.
– derivatives
detester noun.
detester noun.
– origin C15: from L. detestari, from de- ‘down’ + testari ‘witness, call upon to witness’ (from testis ‘a witness’).
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