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verb [ T ] uk / tempt / us / tempt /. to make someone want to have or do something, especially something that is unnecessary or wrong: tempt someone into doing something The offer of free credit tempted her into buying a new car.
5 days ago · If you say that you are tempted to do something, you mean that you would like to do it. I'm very tempted to sell my house. She'd never even felt tempted to return.
to attract somebody or make somebody want to do or have something, even if they know it is wrong. tempt somebody I was tempted by the dessert menu. Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible. tempt somebody into (doing) something He was tempted into a life of crime. tempt somebody to do something I was tempted to take the day off.
5 days ago · 1. to attempt to persuade or entice to do something, esp something morally wrong or unwise. 2. to allure, invite, or attract. 3. to give rise to a desire in (someone) to do something; dispose. their unfriendliness tempted me to leave the party. 4.
Tempt definition: To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward.
Tempted Definition. Simple past tense and past participle of tempt.
• She had been tempted to cut out the photographs and keep them, but she hadn't. • I'm tempted to take a nice long vacation before I start the new job. • Donors now have economic control; they will always be tempted to use the power that this control brings.
