tempt
English
/tɛmpt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- (transitive) To attract; to allure.
- (transitive) To provoke something; to court.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tempten derived from Old French tempter (try) derived from Latin temptare, tempto.
Origin
Latin
temptare, tempto
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cost English
- costning English
- overtempt English
- temptability English
- temptable English
- temptableness English
- tempter English
- temptest English
- tempteth English
- temptful English
- temptless English
- temptress English
- temptsome English
- temptuous English
- untemptable English
- untempter English
- temptare, tempto Latin
- temptō Latin
- tentare Italian
- costning Middle English
- tempten Middle English
- tempter Old French
- tanter Middle French