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Detester

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de·test  (d-tst)
tr.v. de·test·ed, de·test·ing, de·tests
To dislike intensely; abhor.
[French détester, from Latin dtestr, to curse : d-, de- + testr, to invoke (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots).]
de·tester n.


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We give the fact as it occurs in Bannatyne's Journal, only premising that the Journalist held his master's opinions, both with respect to the Earl of Cassilis as an opposer of the king's party, and as being a detester of the practice of granting church revenues to titulars, instead of their being devoted to pious uses, such as the support of the clergy, expense of schools, and the relief of the national poor.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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