Both Uses of
spurn
in
Call It Sleep
- But yesterday you would have spurned your breakfast if I had let you in your eagerness to go down.†
Book 4 *spurned = rejected as not good enough
- When I'm through with them, even death will spurn them!†
Book 4spurn = reject as not good enough
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.