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| English Dictionary: tempt |
by the
DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for tempt |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- tempt
- v
- dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the
delicious-looking food"
Synonym(s): tempt, allure
- provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
Synonym(s): entice, lure, tempt
- give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
Synonym(s): tempt, invite
- induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
Synonym(s): charm, influence, tempt
- try to seduce
- try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Tempt \Tempt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tempted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tempting}.] [OE. tempten, tenten, from OF. tempter, tenter,
F. tenter, fr. L. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel, attack,
to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from tendere, tentum,
and tensum, to stretch. See {Thin}, and cf. {Attempt},
{Tend}, {Taunt}, {Tent} a pavilion, {Tent} to probe.]
1. To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
God did tempt Abraham. --Gen. xxii.
1.
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. --Deut. vi.
16.
2. To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what
is wrong; to seduce.
Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his
own lust, and enticed. --James i. 14.
3. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite;
to provoke; to instigate.
Tempt not the brave and needy to despair. --Dryden.
Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.
--Pope.
4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.
--Dryden.
Syn: To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.
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