TEMPEST
\tˈɛmpəst], \tˈɛmpəst], \t_ˈɛ_m_p_ə_s_t]\
Definitions of TEMPEST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
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Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
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A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
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To disturb as by a tempest.
By Oddity Software
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An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
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Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
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A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
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To disturb as by a tempest.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Wind rushing with great velocity, usually with rain or snow: a violent storm: any violent commotion.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A wind rushing with great velocity and violence; a storm of extreme violence; a violent tumult or commotion; perturbation; violent agitation.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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