All 4 Uses
spurn
in
The Comedy of Errors
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- Am I so round with you, as you with me, That like a football you do spurn me thus?†
Scene 2.1 *spurn = reject as not good enough
- You spurn me hence, and he will spurn me hither: If I last in this service, you must case me in leather.†
Scene 2.1
- You spurn me hence, and he will spurn me hither: If I last in this service, you must case me in leather.†
Scene 2.1
- Wouldst thou not spit at me and spurn at me, And hurl the name of husband in my face, And tear the stain'd skin off my harlot brow, And from my false hand cut the wedding-ring, And break it with a deep-divorcing vow?†
Scene 2.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(spurn) reject as not good enough
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, and archaically, spurn can mean to strike or kick.