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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: detestari, from testis 'one who gives information against someone'

detest

 verb
     
de‧test [transitive not in progressive] formal
to hate something or someone very much:
Liz and Mo detested each other.
—detestation noun [uncountable]
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