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con·temn (kən tem′)

transitive verb

Chiefly Literary to treat or think of with contempt; scorn

Etymology: ME contempnen < OFr contemner < L contemnere < com-, intens. + temnere, to scorn

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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