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   Loath , a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. lāð hostile, odious; akin to OS. lāð, G. leid, Icel. leiðr, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. līdan to suffer, go, cf. AS. līðan to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.]
   Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.
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   Full loth were him to curse for his tithes.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content.
   Shak.
   
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