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Tempest

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(1):

(n.) An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.

(2):

(n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

(3):

(n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.

(4):

(v. i.) To storm.

(5):

(v. t.) To disturb as by a tempest.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tempest'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tempest.html. 1828.
 
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