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  • But it was not the boy's judgment which led him to this; it was his undepraved ear, and his native energy of mind, teaching him to respue this effeminate style of versification.

    Review 2005

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  • to reject strongly

    May 30, 2009

  • Respue means 1. to reject strongly; 2. to spit out (Oxford English Dictionary).

    August 31, 2011