Tempestuate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To stir up; to make tempestuous. obsolete

    "In truth, as it is said in the second Psalm, God only " laughs " at their rage : that is, He winks, as it were, and leaves them to tempestuate, as though the matter did not at all belong to Him."

Example

More examples

"In truth, as it is said in the second Psalm, God only " laughs " at their rage : that is, He winks, as it were, and leaves them to tempestuate, as though the matter did not at all belong to Him."

Etymology

From tempest + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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