Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOTHE, v.t. [Sax. lathian, to hate, to detest, to call, to invite; gelathian, to call; Goth. lathon, to call; Sw. ledas, to lothe; G. einladen, to invite, to lade or load, from laden, to lade, to invite, to cite or summon. See Lade.]

1. To feel disgust at any thing; properly, to have an extreme aversion of the appetite to food or drink. Our soul lothe this light bread. Num. xxi. Lothing the honey'd cakes, I long'd for bread. – Cowley.
2. To hate; to dislike greatly; to abhor. Ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils. Ezek xx. Not to reveal the secret which I lothe. – Walter. She lothes the vital air. – Dryden's Virg.