All 3 Uses of
spurn
in
The Merchant of Venice
- You say so: You that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; moneys is your suit.†
Scene 1.3 *
- Or Shall I bend low and, in a bondman's key, With bated breath and whisp'ring humbleness, Say this:— 'Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last; You spurn'd me such a day; another time You call'd me dog; and for these courtesies I'll lend you thus much moneys?'†
Scene 1.3
- I am as like to call thee so again, To spet on thee again, to spurn thee too.†
Scene 1.3
Definition:
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(spurn) reject as not good enough