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English Dictionary: spurned by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurned
adj
  1. rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar"
    Synonym(s): jilted, rejected, spurned
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spurn \Spurn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spurned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Spurning}.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over,
      AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG.
      spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr.
      sphur to jerk, to push. [root]171. See {Spur}.]
      1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
  
                     [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak.
  
      2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
            treat with contempt.
  
                     What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of
                     knighthood, I disdain and spurn.         --Shak.
  
                     Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they
                     find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid
                     them at their master's feet.               --Locke.
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