| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·test |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -t st |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: de·test·ed, de·test·ing, de·tests
To dislike intensely; abhor. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French détester, from Latin d test r , to curse : d-, de- + testr, to invoke (from testis, witness; see trei- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | de·tester —NOUN
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