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con⋅temn

  [kuhn-tem]
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–verb (used with object)
to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME contempnen (< MF) < L contemnere to despise, scorn, equiv. to con- con- + temnere to slight; see contempt

Related forms:
con⋅temn⋅er  [kuhn-tem-er, -tem-ner] , con⋅tem⋅nor  [kuhn-tem-ner] , noun
con⋅tem⋅ni⋅ble  [kuhn-tem-nuh-buhl] , adjective
con⋅tem⋅ni⋅bly, adverb
con⋅temn⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
scorn, disdain, despise.
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con·temn   (kən-těm')   
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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