Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Detest \De*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to
   curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest;
   de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf.
   F. d['e]tester. See {Testify}.]
   1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.]

            The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the
            Eastern churches.                     --Fuller.

            God hath detested them with his own mouth. --Bale.

   2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as,
      we detest what is contemptible or evil.

            Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My
            heart detests him as the gates of hell. --Pope.

   Syn: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See {Hate}.