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  • 91ban — ban1 bannable, adj. /ban/, v., banned, banning, n. v.t. 1. to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime. 2. Archaic. a. to pronounce an ecclesiastical… …

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  • 92detest — detester, n. /di test /, v.t. to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely. [1525 35; < MF detester < L detestari to call down a curse upon, loathe, equiv. to de DE + testari to bear witness; see TESTATE] Syn. abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate …

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  • 93execrable — execrableness, n. execrably, adv. /ek si kreuh beuhl/, adj. 1. utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent. 2. very bad: an execrable stage performance. [1350 1400 for earlier sense expressing a curse ; 1480 90 for def. 1; ME < L ex(s)ecrabilis&#8230; …

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  • 94execration — /ek si kray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of execrating. 2. a curse or imprecation: The execrations of the prophet terrified the sinful multitude. 3. the object execrated; a thing held in abomination. [1350 1400; ME execracioun < L ex(s)ecration (s. of&#8230; …

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  • 95execratory — /ek si kreuh tawr ee, tohr ee, kray teuh ree/, adj. 1. pertaining to execration. 2. having the nature of or containing an execration. [1605 15; EXECRATE + ORY1] * * * …

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  • 96hate — hater, n. /hayt/, v., hated, hating, n. v.t. 1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry. 2. to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it. v.i. 3. to feel …

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  • 97imprecate — imprecator, n. imprecatory, adj. /im pri kayt /, v.t., imprecated, imprecating. to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person. [1605 15; < L imprecatus ptp. of imprecari to invoke, pray to or for, equiv. to im IM 1 + prec PRAY + atus&#8230; …

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  • 98Honorius I —     Pope Honorius I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius I     Pope (625 12 October, 638), a Campanian, consecrated 27 October (Duchesne) or 3 November (Jaffé, Mann), in succession to Boniface V. His chief notoriety has come to him from&#8230; …

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  • 99Pope Honorius I —     Pope Honorius I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius I     Pope (625 12 October, 638), a Campanian, consecrated 27 October (Duchesne) or 3 November (Jaffé, Mann), in succession to Boniface V. His chief notoriety has come to him from&#8230; …

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  • 100condemn — con·demn /kən dem/ vt 1: to impose a penalty on; esp: to sentence to death 2: to adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3: to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain: take con·dem·nable …

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