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fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to 1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. caught in a fiery tempest, shall be

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fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to 1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled, Each on his rock transfixed. Milton. 2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions. 3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4. Smollett. Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten, tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the like. Syn. -- Storm; agitation; perturbation. See Storm.

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    p. p. of Burst, v. i.
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    berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
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    A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. Shak.
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    Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. Heywood. -- Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv.
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    The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum. Note:
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    That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
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    Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.
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    A swellfish.
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    One that bursts.
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    Motionless; destitute of breezes. A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone.
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    a strong breeze.
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    A burst of sunlight.
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    Non-germinal.
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    A standstill. Shak.

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