Both Uses of
spurn
in
Julius Caesar
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- I know no personal cause to spurn at him,
p. 49.6 *spurn = strike
- If thou dost bend, and pray, and fawn for him,
I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.p. 97.4spurn = kick
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.