spurn
spurn.01 - rebuff, reject
SPURN-V NOTES: Frames file for 'spurn' based on sentences in financial subcorpus. No verbnet entry. Comparison with 'rebuff'. Why don't I have 'reject' yet? (from spurn.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
spurn (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: rejecter
ARG1-PPT: thing rejected
ARG1-PPT: thing rejected
transitive
ESBARG0
spurnedrel
IncoARG1
and within five days ESB had a `` white knight '' ...