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   Spurn

   /spərn/

   

   verb

   • 1. reject with disdain or contempt: "he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned"
   • ▪ strike, tread, or push away with the foot: "with one touch of my feet, I spurn the solid Earth"

   noun

   • 1. an act of spurning: archaic "it is a spurn of God's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness"

   Word Origin Old Englishspurnan, spornan; related to Latin spernere ‘to scorn’; compare with spur.

   Derivatives

   • 1. spurner noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • P

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   • U

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   • R

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   • N

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