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   contemn

   /kənˈtɛm/

   verb

   • 1. treat or regard with contempt: archaic "it lay in Deronda's nature usually to contemn the feeble"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere ‘despise’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. contemner noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • N

     1

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