"perhorresce" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pəːhəˈɹɛs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəːhɒˈɹɛs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚhəˈɹɛs/ [General-American], /pɚhɔˈɹɛs/ [General-American] Forms: perhorresces [present, singular, third-person], perhorrescing [participle, present], perhorresced [participle, past], perhorresced [past]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Latin perhorrēscere. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|perhorrēscere}} Latin perhorrēscere Head templates: {{en-verb}} perhorresce (third-person singular simple present perhorresces, present participle perhorrescing, simple past and past participle perhorresced)
  1. (rare, formal, ambitransitive) To shudder (at). [from 19th c.] Tags: ambitransitive, formal, rare

Inflected forms

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