Middle English hate continues into modern /heɪt/ through the Great Vowel Shift and regular loss of final inflectional material; noun and verb converge in one spelling.
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hate
as a noun, intense hostility, aversion, or an object of hostility; as a verb, feel enmity or strong aversion
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English · hate noun componenthate
hate, extreme anger, hostility, or the lexical base of hatrede
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The hostility and enmity field continues while the verb also develops strong-dislike, distaste, and polite-reluctance uses and the noun develops attributive public uses such as hate speech.
Middle English into modern English.
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established — The modern continuation is secure even though the immediate source of the Middle English noun is disputed.
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Hate — definition, etymology, and first known useDefinitions, noun and verb etymologies, and first-known-use sections
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Hate — definition and etymologyNoun and verb entries
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently documents modern senses and the two historical categories.
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