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detests

detests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detest.

Meaning of detest

Verb

detest (third-person singular simple present detests, present participle detesting, simple past and past participle detested)

  1. (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
    • I detest snakes.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
    • The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Questions about detests

What is detests the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Detests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detest.

Words near detests in the dictionary

  1. detester
  2. detesters
  3. detestest
  4. detesteth
  5. detesting
  6. detests
  7. detether
  8. detethered
  9. detethering
  10. detetherings
  11. detethers

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