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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Spurn \Spurn\, n.
     1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              What defense can properly be used in such a
              despicable encounter as this but either the slap or
              the spurn?                            --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The insolence of office, and the spurns
              That patient merit of the unworthy takes. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging
        mass.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned
     (sp[^u]rnd); 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
        treat with contempt.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              What safe and nicely I might well delay
              By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they
              find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid
              them at their master's feet.          --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Spurn \Spurn\, v. i.
     1. To kick or toss up the heels.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The miller spurned at a stone.        --Chaucer.
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              The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. --Gay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make
        contemptuous opposition or resistance.
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              Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image.
                                                    --Shak.
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From 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Spurn \Spurn\, v. i.
     1. To kick or toss up the heels.
  
              The miller spurned at a stone.        --Chaucer.
  
              The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. --Gay.
  
     2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make
        contemptuous opposition or resistance.
  
              Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image.
                                                    --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Spurn \Spurn\, n.
     1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.]
  
              What defence can properly be used in such a
              despicable encounter as this but either the slap or
              the spurn?                            --Milton.
  
     2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
  
              The insolence of office and the spurns That patient
              merit of the unworthy takes.          --Shak.
  
     3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding
        mass.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  spurn
       v : reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject,
            freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn
           down]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  spurn
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 περιφρονητική απόρριψη
     2 κλοτσιά
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 απορρίπτω με περιφρόνηση
     2 διώχνω κάτι σπρώχνοντάς το  με το πόδι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  spurn
     Middle English alt.
     1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse.
     2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet.
     Middle English n.
     1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse.
     2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet.
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm spurnen)
     n.
     1 An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
     2 A kick; a blow with the foot.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
     4 (lb en mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
     2 (lb en transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the
  foot.
     3 (lb en transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an
  opportunity)
     4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  spurn
     n.
     1 An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
     2 A kick; a blow with the foot.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
     4 (lb en mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
     2 (lb en transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the
  foot.
     3 (lb en transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an
  opportunity)
     4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  spurn
     Middle English alt.
     1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse.
     2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet.
     Middle English n.
     1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse.
     2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet.
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm spurnen)
     n.
     1 An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
     2 A kick; a blow with the foot.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
     4 (lb en mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
     2 (lb en transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the
  foot.
     3 (lb en transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an
  opportunity)
     4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  spurn
     Middle English alt.
     1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse.
     2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet.
     Middle English n.
     1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse.
     2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet.
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm spurnen)
     n.
     1 An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
     2 A kick; a blow with the foot.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
     4 (lb en mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
     2 (lb en transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the
  foot.
     3 (lb en transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an
  opportunity)
     4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  spurn
     Englanti vb.
     1 torjua, ylenkatsoa, hyljeksiä
     2 halveksia

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  spurn
     Engelska n.
     spark, plump behandling
     Engelska vb.
     avvisa, behandla med förakt, förakta, stöta bort, sparka (bakut),
  spjärna, försmå, försitta, försumma

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Spurn /spˈɜːn/
  إرفض

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  spurn //spɚn// //spɜːn// 
  1. ритник
  a kick
  2. отхвърляне
  an act of spurning; a scornful rejection

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  spurn //spɚn// //spɜːn// 
  1. отритвам
  to reject by pushing away with the foot
  2. отхвърлям с презрение
  to reject disdainfully

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  spurn /spˈɜːn/ 
  odmítnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  spurn /spˈɜːn/ 
  zavrhnout

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  spurn /spˈɜːn/
  
  απορρίπτω περιφρονητικά

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  spurn /spˈɜːn/ 
  1. ठुकराना, तिरस्कार करना
        "She spurned his proposal."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  spurn /spˈɜːn/
  odgurnuti nogom, prezrivo odbiti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  spurn /spˈɜːn/
  1. megvetés
  2. elutasítás

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  spurn /spɜ:n/ 
    odtrącać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  spurn //spɚn// //spɜːn// 
  avvisa, förkasta, försmå
  to reject disdainfully

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  spurn /spˈɜːn/
  1. tekme atıp defetmek, tekme ile kovmak
  2. hakaretle reddetmek
  3. hakaret edici davranış
  4. nefretle reddetme.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈspɝn/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "spurn":
     abjure, ban, banish, beat back, blackball, brush aside, brush off,
     cast out, chase, chase away, chase off, chuck, chuck out,
     cold-shoulder, contemn, contradict, cut, cut direct, decline, deny,
     deport, despise, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain,
     disfellowship, dismiss, disown, disregard, drive away, drive back,
     except, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel,
     extradite, fend off, flout, forswear, fugitate, fuss, hold off,
     humiliation, ignore, keep off, look down upon, ostracize, outlaw,
     pack off, pass by, pass up, pick and choose, proscribe, push aside,
     push back, put back, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider,
     refuse to receive, reject, relegate, renounce, repel, reprobate,
     repudiate, repulse, rusticate, scoff, scorn, scorn to receive,
     scout, send away, send down, send off, send packing,
     send to Coventry, shove away, slight, sneer, sneer at, sneeze at,
     sniff, snort, snub, spit upon, spurning, steer clear of,
     the cold shoulder, the go-by, throw away, throw out, thrust back,
     thrust out, transport, turn away, turn back, turn down, turn out,
     waive, ward off
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 踢开,拒斥;
  v. 踢到一旁,冷落;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 踢开,拒斥
     vt. 踢到一旁,冷落,践踏,唾弃
     vi. 藐视,摒弃

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