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contemn
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[kənˈtɛm], (Verb)
Definitions:
- treat or regard with contempt
(e.g: it lay in Deronda's nature usually to contemn the feeble)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere ‘despise’
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