Spurn1. (v. t.) To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
2. (v. t.) To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
3. (v. i.) To kick or toss up the heels.
4. (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
5. (n.) A kick; a blow with the foot.
6. (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
7. (n.) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
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