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contemn
 
SYLLABICATION:con·temn
PRONUNCIATION:  kn-tm
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: con·temned, con·temn·ing, con·temns
To view with contempt; despise. See synonyms at despise.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English contempnen, to slight, from Latin contemnere : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + temnere, to despise.
OTHER FORMS:con·temner (-tmr, -tmnr) —NOUN
 
 
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