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con·temn       (kən-těm')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   con·temned, con·temn·ing, con·temns
To view with contempt; despise. See Synonyms at despise.


[Middle English contempnen, to slight, from Latin contemnere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + temnere, to despise.]

con·temn'er (-těm'ər, -těm'nər) n.
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