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Tempt
tɛm(p)t
Tempt definitions
verb
tempt
tempted
tempting
tempts
- entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise
"there'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching"
- have an urge or inclination to do something
"I was tempted to look at my watch, but didn't dare"
- persuade (someone) to do something
"he was tempted out of retirement to save the team from relegation"
- 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?"