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Word entry · 5 letters

tempt

Best crossword clue

"Entice strongly"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /tɛmpt/Part of speech verbSorted empttStarts with TEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2E3M4P5T

Definitions

  1. induce into action by using one's charm

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • She tempted me to eat the apple.
  • By Heav’ns, ſuch Virtues, join’d with ſuch Succeſs, Diſtract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune Wou’d almoſt tempt us to renounce his Precepts.
  • Its glossy skin tempted me.

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