tempter

tempt  (tmpt)

v. tempt·ed, tempt·ing, tempts

v.tr.

1. To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward.

2. To be inviting or attractive to: A second helping tempted me. We refused the offer even though it tempted us. See Synonyms at lure.

3. To provoke or to risk provoking: Don't tempt fate.

4. To cause to be strongly disposed: He was tempted to walk out.

v.intr.

To be attractive or inviting: a meal that tempts.

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[Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter, from Latin temptre, to feel, try.]

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tempta·ble adj.

tempter n.

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Tempter [ˈtɛmptə]

n

(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the. Satan regarded as trying to lead men into sin

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tempter - a person who tempts others; "Satan is the great tempter of mankind" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

Translations

tempter [ˈtemptəʳ] N → tentador m

tempter

n → Versucher m, → Verführer m; the Tempter (Rel) → der Versucher

tempter [tɛmptəʳ] n → tentatore/trice

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tempter [tɛmptəʳ] n → tentatore/trice