Tempt Definition
tĕmpt
tempted, tempts
verb
tempted, tempts
To test; try.
Webster's New World
To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward.
American Heritage
To try to persuade; induce or entice, esp. to something immoral or sensually pleasurable.
Webster's New World
To rouse desire in; be inviting to; attract.
Webster's New World
To provoke or run the risk of provoking (fate, etc.)
Webster's New World
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Origin of Tempt
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From Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, more correctly tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt"), frequentative of tenere (“to hold"). Displaced native Old English costning (“temptation").
From Wiktionary
Middle English tempten from Old French tempter from Latin temptāre to feel, try
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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