Definition of tempts Tempts
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What does tempts mean?
Part of speech
🔤- tempts, verb, present, 3rd person singular of tempt (infinitive).
WordNet
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| tempt - dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food" | ||
| allure | ||
| bid, invite ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" | ||
| attract, appeal exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies" | ||
| tempt - give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" | ||
| invite | ||
| shake up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" | ||
| tempt - try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert" | ||
| persuade cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" | ||
| tempt - try to seduce | ||
| sex, wind up, arouse, turn on, excite tell the sex (of young chickens) | ||
| tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" | ||
| entice, lure | ||
| provoke, stimulate provide the needed stimulus for | ||
| snare, hook approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" | ||
| seduce lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| stool have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" | ||
| lead on entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken | ||
| tweedle entice through the use of music | ||
| decoy lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy | ||
| bait attack with dogs or set dogs upon | ||
| tempt - induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money" | ||
| charm, influence | ||
| persuade cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" | ||
| magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, bewitch, spellbind make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tempt (v. t.)
To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try. - tempt (v. t.)
To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce. - tempt (v. t.)
To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate. - tempt (v. t.)
To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tempt
To dispose or incline or entice to; to be attractive by arousing hope or desire. -
tempt
To attract or provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tempt
temt, v.t. to put to trial: to test: to try to persuade, esp. to evil: to entice.—adj. Temp′table.—ns. Temp′tableness; Temptā′tion, act of tempting: state of being tempted: that which tempts: enticement to evil: trial.—adj. Temptā′tious, seductive.—n. Temp′ter, one who tempts, esp. the devil:—fem. Temp′tress.—adj. Temp′ting, adapted to tempt or entice.—adv. Temp′tingly.—n. Temp′tingness. [O. Fr. tempter (Fr. tenter)—L. tentāre, an inten. of tendĕre, to stretch.]
Part of speech
🔤- tempt, verb, present, 1st person singular of tempt (infinitive).
- tempt, verb (infinitive).
