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loath
UK /ləʊθ/ US /loʊθ/
adj 3verb 1
Collocations
3VERB + LOATH
believe, frame
LOATH + NOUN
chri, t, ye
ADV.
eternally, then
Definitions
adj
1
Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase.
I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.
Then ſaid Faint-heart, Deliver thy Purſe; but he making no haſte to do it (for he was loth to loſe his Money,) Miſtrust ran up to him, and thruſting his hand into his Pocket, pull'd out thence a bag of Silver.
2
Angry, hostile.
3
Loathsome, unpleasant.
verb
1
Obsolete spelling of loathe.
To Scriptures read they muſt their leaſure frame, / Then loath they will both luſt and wanton love; […]
[…] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […]
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.
Wiktionary02
Then ſaid Faint-heart, Deliver thy Purſe; but he making no haſte to do it (for he was loth to loſe his Money,) Miſtrust ran up to him, and thruſting his hand into his Pocket, pull'd out thence a bag o
Wiktionary03
Frankville, whoſe only Fault was raſhneſs, grew almoſt wild at the Recital of ſo unexpected a Misfortune, he knew not for a good while what to believe, loath he was to ſuſpect the Count, but loather t
Wiktionary04
To Scriptures read they muſt their leaſure frame, / Then loath they will both luſt and wanton love; […]
Wiktionary05
[…] O Hypocrites! ye hope for Enjoyment of Chriſt, but be perſwaded of it, Chriſt ſhall eternally loath you, and ye ſhall eternally loath Chriſt: […]
Wiktionary06
Tom and Mary are loath to share any details of their private life.
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