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▪ I. contemning, vbl. n.|kənˈtɛmɪŋ| [f. contemn + -ing1.] The action of the vb. contemn.
1570R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 54 To be lustie in contemning of others. 1612–15Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xix. i, It is no contemning of a foyled enemy. 1749Fielding Tom Jones i. i, His contemning of them as common and vulgar. ▪ II. conˈtemning, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That contemns; scornful.
1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 1. 3/1 And with Contemning Silence pass me by. |