was abhorring
- past progressive of abhor.
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"Papa emperor," cried the Archduke Francis Charles, wonderingly, "but your majesty told me at Ofen that every one was abhorring Bonaparte, and—" "You are a pert little fool!" replied the emperor, vehemently.
From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.
