Ab*hor" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abhorred (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Abhorring.] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See Horrid.] 1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Rom. xii. 9.

2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.]

It doth abhor me now I speak the word.
Shak.

3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.]

I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul
Refuse you for my judge.
Shak.

Syn. -- To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate.

Ab*hor", v. i. To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. [Obs.] "To abhor from those vices." Udall.

Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law.
Milton.

• (transitive) To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
       
• Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. - Romans 12:9
  
• (transitive) (obsolete) To fill with horror or disgust.
       
• It does abhor me now I speak the word. - Shakespeare, Othello, IV-i
  
• (transitive) (canon law) (obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
       
• I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. - Shakespeare, Henry VIII, II-iv
  
• (intransitive) (obsolete) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from.
       
• To abhor from those vices. - Udall
       
• Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. - Milton