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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.


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

tempt'a·ble adj., tempt'er n.
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