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noun

Tempest n.

An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. "(We) caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled, Each on his rock transfixed."

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

A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4. (Archaic) Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten, tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the like.

Synonyms: Storm; agitation; perturbation. See Storm.

verb

Tempest v. t. To disturb as by a tempest. (Obs.) "Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean."

Tempest v. i. To storm. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Tempest'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tempest" Quotes from Famous Books

... - Comes the cheated maid - Though the tempest lower, Rain and cloud will fade! Take, O maid, these posies: Though thy beauty rare Shame the blushing roses, They are passing fair! Wear the flowers till they fade; Happy be thy life, ...

— Songs of a Savoyard • W. S. Gilbert

... doom of one true Lover of Nature let us shed a flood of rueful tears; for at what tale shall mortal man weep, if not at the tale of youthful genius and virtue shrouded suddenly in a winding-sheet wreathed of snow by the pitiless tempest! Elate in the joy of solitude, he hurried like a fast-travelling shadow into the silence of the frozen mountains, all beautifully encrusted with pearls, and jewels, and diamonds, beneath the resplendent night-heavens. The din of populous cities ...

— Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 • John Wilson

... said, Prospero gently touched his daughter with his magic wand, and she fell fast asleep; for the spirit Ariel just then presented himself before his master, to give an account of the tempest, and how he had disposed of the ship's company, and though the spirits were always invisible to Miranda, Prospero did not choose she should hear him holding converse (as would seem to her) with ...

— Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) - Classic Tales And Old-Fashioned Stories • Various

... tempest which rained around Drury's Bluff, a boyish officer led a column of riflemen, gallant and daring. His uniform was soiled with the grim dirt of many a battle, but his bright blue eye took in every feature of the conflict. The day was just closing when an angry bullet pierced ...

— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various

... material things; and the composed mouth and rather square chin hinted at a certain capacity for practical affairs. The storm stirred her blood, and she murmured at last, "Terrors take hold on him as waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night. The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and as a storm hurleth him ...

— A Dream of the North Sea • James Runciman

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