SPURN

spurn. Spurn, v.t. to kick, scorn, treat contemptuously

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Spurn (spûrn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned (spûrnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning.] [[OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. √171. See Spur.]] 1. 1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
with his foot will spurn adown his cup. Chaucer. I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. Shak. 2. 2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. Shak. Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. Locke.