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Attempt
Attempt At*tempt", v. i.
To make an attempt; -- with upon. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Attemptable
Attemptable At*tempt"a*ble, a.
Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. --Shak.
Attempter
Attempter At*tempt"er (?; 215), n.
1. One who attempts; one who essays anything.
2. An assailant; also, a temper. [Obs.]
Attemptive
Attemptive At*tempt"ive, a.
Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] --Daniel.
ContemptContempt Con*tempt" (?; 215), n. [L. contemptus, fr.
contemnere: cf. OF. contempt. See Contemn.]
1. The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which
one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or
worthless; disdain; scorn.
Criminal contempt of public feeling. --Macaulay.
Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt
of which is great. --Addison.
2. The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.
Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back. --Shak.
3. An act or expression denoting contempt.
Little insults and contempts. --Spectator.
The contempt and anger of his lip. --Shak.
4. (Law) Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a
court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative
body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or
behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its
proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.
Note: Contempt is in some jurisdictions extended so as to
include publications reflecting injuriously on a court
of justice, or commenting unfairly on pending
proceedings; in other jurisdictions the courts are
prohibited by statute or by the constitution from thus
exercising this process.
Syn: Disdain; scorn; derision; mockery; contumely; neglect;
disregard; slight. Contemptibility
Contemptibility Con*tempt`i*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. --Speed.
Contemptibleness
Contemptibleness Con*tempt"i*ble*ness, n.
The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being
despised.
Contemptibly
Contemptibly Con*tempt"i*bly, adv.
In a contemptible manner.
ContemptuousContemptuous Con*temp"tu*ous (?; 135), a.
Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful;
haughty; insolent; disdainful.
A proud, contemptuous behavior. --Hammond.
Savage invective and contemptuous sarcasm. --Macaulay.
Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of
the Jews. --Atterbury.
Syn: Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious;
insulting; contumelious.
Usage: Contemptuous, Contemptible. These words, from
their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously
interchanged, as when a person speaks of having ``a
very contemptible opinion of another.' Contemptible
is applied to that which is the object of contempt;
as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow.
Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates
contempt; as, a contemptuous look; a contemptuous
remark; contemptuous treatment. A person, or whatever
is personal, as an action, an expression, a feeling,
an opinion, may be either contemptuous or
contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not
be contemptuous. Contemptuously
Contemptuously Con*temp"tu*ous*ly, adv.
In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain;
despitefully.
The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and
used contemptuously. --Jer. Taylor.
Contemptuousness
Contemptuousness Con*temp"tu*ous*ness, n.
Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence;
haughtiness.
Metemptosis
Metemptosis Met`emp*to"sis, n. [NL., from Gr. ? beyond, after
+ ? a falling upon, fr. ? to fall in or upon; ? in + ? to
fall.] (Chron.)
The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date
of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression
of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this
is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years,
and another every 2,400 years.
Overtempt
Overtempt O`ver*tempt", v. t.
To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance.
--Milton.
Reattempt
Reattempt Re`at*tempt", v. t.
To attempt again.
Temptability
Temptability Tempt`a*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being temptable; lability to
temptation.
Temptable
Temptable Tempt"a*ble, a.
Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. --Cudworth.
Temptation
Temptation Temp*ta"tion, n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F.
tentation, L. tentatio.]
1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
When the devil had ended all the temptation, he
departed from him for a season. --Luke iv. 13.
2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
Lead us not into temptation. --Luke xi. 4.
3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement,
especially to something evil.
Dare to be great, without a guilty crown; View it,
and lay the bright temptation down. --Dryden.
Temptationless
Temptationless Temp*ta"tion*less, a.
Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.
[R.] --Hammond.
Temptatious
Temptatious Temp*ta"tious, a.
Tempting. [Prov. Eng.]
Tempter
Tempter Tempt"er, n.
One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil,
regarded as the great enticer to evil. ``Those who are bent
to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on.'
--Tillotson.
So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned. --Milton.
TemptingTempting Tempt"ing, a.
Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;
enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- Tempt"ing*ly, adv. --
Tempt"ing*ness, n. TemptinglyTempting Tempt"ing, a.
Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;
enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- Tempt"ing*ly, adv. --
Tempt"ing*ness, n. TemptingnessTempting Tempt"ing, a.
Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;
enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- Tempt"ing*ly, adv. --
Tempt"ing*ness, n. Temptress
Temptress Tempt"ress, n.
A woman who entices.
She was my temptress, the foul provoker. --Sir W.
Scott.
Untempter
Untempter Un*tempt"er (?; 215), n.
One who does not tempt, or is not a tempter. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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