[spəːn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- reject with disdain or contempt
(e.g: he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned)


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Origin:
Old English spurnan, spornan; related to Latin spernere ‘to scorn’; compare with spur

[spəːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of spurning
(e.g: it is a spurn of God's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English spurnan, spornan; related to Latin spernere ‘to scorn’; compare with spur