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Tempt

//tɛmpt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. transitive

    "She tempted me to eat the apple."

  2. 2
    induce into action by using one's charm wordnet
  3. 3
    To attract; to allure. transitive

    "Its glossy skin tempted me."

  4. 4
    provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion wordnet
  5. 5
    To provoke something; to court. transitive

    "It would be tempting fate."

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  1. 6
    try presumptuously wordnet
  2. 7
    dispose or incline or entice to wordnet
  3. 8
    give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting wordnet
  4. 9
    try to seduce wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt”), frequentative of tendere (“to stretch”). Displaced native English costning (“temptation”).

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