tempt

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt”), frequentative of tendere (“to stretch”). Displaced native English costning (“temptation”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tɛmpt/, /tɛmt/ Rhymes: -ɛmpt, -ɛmt === Verb === tempt (third-person singular simple present tempts, present participle tempting, simple past and past participle tempted) (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. Synonyms: entice, fand, lure, pander, tease (transitive) To attract; to allure. Synonyms: beguile, entrance; see also Thesaurus:allure (transitive) To provoke something; to court. Synonyms: foment, urge; see also Thesaurus:incite ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “tempt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tempt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “tempt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latvian == === Verb === tempt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present tempju, temp, tempj, past tempu) to gulp to swill to quaff ==== Conjugation ====