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contemnest

contemnest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of contemn.

Meaning of contemn

Verb

contemn (third-person singular simple present contemns, present participle contemning, simple past and past participle contemned)

  1. (dated, transitive) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
    • The subject of the following History [...] is the unhappy Lives, and untimely Deaths, of that Unfortunate English King Edward the Second, and his two Favourites Gaveston and Spencer; for his immoderate love to whom, (Says Dr. Heylin) he was hated by the Nobles, and contemned by the Commons.c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], “The Preface”, in The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page A3, verso
  2. To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).

Origin of contemnest

contemn + -est

Questions about contemnest

What is contemnest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Contemnest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of contemn.

Words near contemnest in the dictionary

  1. contemn
  2. contemn'd
  3. contemned
  4. contemner
  5. contemners
  6. contemnest
  7. contemneth
  8. contemnible
  9. contemning
  10. contemningly
  11. contemnor

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