Definition of "spurn" [spurn]

• To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. See Synonyms at refuse1. (verb-transitive)
• To kick at or tread on disdainfully. (verb-transitive)
• To reject something contemptuously. (verb-intransitive)
• A contemptuous rejection. (noun)
• Archaic A kick. (noun)

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• "Readdy did not "spurn" the offer for imagery - he simply did not pursue it."
• "Committee lowered the Federal Reserve Interest Rate during the early '90's to "spurn" the economy out of the then post Gulf War recession."
• "Deal Journal Bostock's Letter to Shareholders Yahoo's Bostock Letter — Reading Between the Lines Mr. Bostock, who helped spurn Microsoft Corp.'s 2008 bid to buy Yahoo for more than twice it's worth today, said in a statement the moves will help speed the company's transformation under new Chief Executive Scott Thompson , the former president of eBay's Pay Pal unit hired by Yahoo last month."