·vt To disturb as by a tempest.
II. Tempest ·vi To Storm.
III. Tempest ·noun A fashionable assembly; a drum. ·see the Note under Drum, ·noun, 4.
IV. Tempest ·noun Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
V. Tempest ·noun An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.