tempter
Use Tempter in a sentence
tər
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To tempter
Collins
World English Dictionary
tempt (tɛmpt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to attempt to persuade or entice to do something, esp something morally wrong or unwise |
| 2. | to allure, invite, or attract |
| 3. | to give rise to a desire in (someone) to do something; dispose: their unfriendliness tempted me to leave the party |
| 4. | to risk provoking (esp in the phrase tempt fate) |
| [C13: from Old French tempter, from Latin temptāre to test] | |
| 'temptable | |
| —adj | |
| 'tempter | |
| —n | |
00:10
Tempter
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| Tempter (ˈtɛmptə) | |
| —n | |
| the Tempter Satan regarded as trying to lead men into sin | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Example sentences
They had toyed with the tempter of the worm and had been taken in.
Matching Quote
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
