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   Tempt

   /tem(p)t/

   

   verb

   • 1. entice or attempt to entice (someone) to do or acquire something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or not beneficial: "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"
   • ▪ attract; allure: "he was tempted out of retirement to save the team"
   • ▪ 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 it mean to tempt someone?

   • Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful. Cars like that may tempt drivers to speed. It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year. If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do.

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   What does TEMT mean?

   • temt, v.t. to put to trial: to test: to try to persuade, esp. to evil: to entice.— adj. Temp′table .— ns. Temp′tableness; Temptā′tion, act of tempting: state of being tempted: that which tempts: enticement to evil: trial.— adj. Temptā′tious, seductive.— n.

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   What does the offer Tempt Me Mean?

   • The offer tempts me. to render strongly disposed to do something: The book tempted me to read more on the subject. to put (someone) to the test in a venturesome way; provoke: to tempt one's fate. In general the Greek word used for temptation (James 1:12, ...) peirasmos (G3986) In KJV it is translated as temptation (19x), temptations (1x), try (1x).

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   What would tempt a person to do something?

   • tempt somebody to do something Nothing would tempt me to live here. to do something too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end She felt it would be tempting fate to try the difficult climb a second time. It would be tempting fate to say that we will definitely win the game.

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   verb. to attempt to persuade or entice to do something, esp something morally wrong or unwise. to allure, invite, or attract. to give rise to a desire in (someone) to do something; dispose. their unfriendliness tempted me to leave the party. to risk provoking (esp in the phrase tempt fate )

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   Definitions of tempt. verb. dispose or incline or entice to. “We were tempted by the delicious-looking food”. synonyms: allure. see more. verb. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion. synonyms: entice, lure.

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