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tempested

tempested is the simple past and past participle of tempest.

Meaning of tempest

Verb

tempest (third-person singular simple present tempests, present participle tempesting, simple past and past participle tempested)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To storm.
  2. (poetic, transitive) To disturb, as by a tempest.
    • . . . the seal
      And bended dolphins play; part huge of bulk,
      Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
      Tempest the ocean.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Questions about tempested

What is tempested the simple past and past participle of?
Tempested is the simple past and past participle of tempest.

Words near tempested in the dictionary

  1. tempest-tost
  2. Tempesta
  3. tempestarii
  4. tempestarius
  5. Tempestas
  6. tempested
  7. tempestful
  8. tempesting
  9. tempestite
  10. tempestites
  11. tempestive

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