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Definition of: contemn
(kən·tem′) v.t.
To despise; scorn. [<OF contemner <L contemnere <com- thoroughly + temnere slight, scorn]
—con·temn·er (kən·tem′ər, -tem′nər), con·tem·nor (kən·tem′nər) noun
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