spurning  /sp'ɚnɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): 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.