PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. The current verb also covers strong dislike, distaste, and polite reluctance, while older English evidence includes hostile treatment and persecution. One gloss cannot be projected across every period and construction.
/heɪt/ · noun · verb
An inherited Germanic hostility word whose English noun and verb histories converge imperfectly: Old English preserves both hete and hatian, Middle English may have remodeled the noun from the verb, and the proposed deeper Indo-European family remains semantically opaque.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Documents current intensity, aversion, and reluctance senses.
Modern noun and verb definitionsDocuments older enemy-action and injury senses.
Glossary entry hatianSeparate semantic claims on the edges and form notes preserve the range.