TEMPT
\tˈɛmpt], \tˈɛmpt], \t_ˈɛ_m_p_t]\
Definitions of TEMPT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
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try to seduce
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try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
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provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
By Princeton University
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give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
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try to seduce
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try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
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To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
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To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
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To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
By Oddity Software
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To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
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To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
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To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
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To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
By Noah Webster.
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To try to persuade; to lead, or try to lead, into evil ways; entice; defy; as, to tempt fate or fortune.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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