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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.

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"