n. [ OF. tempeste, F. tempête, (assumed) LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See Temporal of time. ]
[ We ] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled,
Each on his rock transfixed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t. [ Cf. OF. tempester, F. tempêter to rage. ] To disturb as by a tempest. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Part huge of bulk
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait,
Tempest the ocean. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To storm. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. tempestivus. ] Seasonable; timely;
n. [ L. tempestivitas. ] The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. tempêtueux. ] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy;
They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]