He abhears
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Jump to navigationJump to search- His ear having failed, he clutches with his hand & misses & turns away hopeless and unhearing (he abhears): Joyce, Letters 13-05-1927 (to Harriet Shaw Weaver)
- abhören: (German) to listen to
- Gen 3.17: "And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife...."
- appears
- abear: to tolerate
- abhors
- adheres
