- (n.) An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail or snow; a furious storm.
- (n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war or of the passions.
- (v.t.) To disturb as by a tempest.
- (n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
- (v.i.) To storm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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