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   tempt

   /tɛm(p)t/

   verb

   • 1. entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise: "there'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching" Similar enticepersuadeconvinceinveigleinducecajolecoaxwooinformal:sweet-talksmooth-talkOpposite discouragedeterdissuade
   • ▪ have an urge or inclination to do something: "I was tempted to look at my watch, but didn't dare"
   • ▪ persuade (someone) to do something: "he was tempted out of retirement to save the team from relegation"
   • ▪ risk provoking (a deity or abstract force), usually with undesirable consequences: "how is it that ye have agreed together, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French tempter ‘to test’, from Latin temptare ‘handle, test, try’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. temptability noun
   • 2. temptable adjective

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   What does tempted mean?

   • to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral. The offer tempts me. The book tempted me to read more on the subject. to tempt one's fate. Obsolete. to try or test.

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   What does it mean to tempt someone?

   • To tempt someone means to entice or try to persuade them into doing or engaging in something, often seen as inappropriate, immoral, or risky, by making it seem attractive or exciting. It could also mean to provoke or test someone, sometimes putting their willpower or self-control to the challenge.

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   How is 'tempt' used in a sentence?

   • 1. To sollicit to ill; to incite by presenting some pleasure or advantage to the mind; to entice. My lady Gray tempts him to this harsh extremity. - William Shakespeare, King Lear. Come together, that Satan tempt you not. - 1 Cor. vii. 5.

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   What are some adjectives for the verb 'tempt'?

   • The verb 'tempt' has past participle and present participle forms that can be used as adjectives within certain contexts. Attractive, appealing, enticing. Seductive, alluring, inviting. 'Your competitor has made us a tempting offer for the premises and we have accepted it.' (In this context, 'tempting' refers to the offer being hard to resist.)

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     TEMPT meaning: 1. to make someone want to have or do...

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     TEMPT definicja: 1. to make someone want to have or do...

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     TEMPT translate: уговаривать, склонять . Learn more in the...

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     tempt translate: tentare, tentare. Learn more in the...

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     tempt translate: 유혹하다, 부추기다. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     TEMPT translate: kusić, wabić, kusić. Learn more in the...

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     tempt translate: ～を誘惑する, そそのかす, 誘（さそ）う. Learn more in the...

   • Tempt Spanish Translation

     TEMPT translate: tentar, tentar. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   To tempt is to lure or entice. You might tempt your runaway dog back inside with pieces of cheese.

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