Tempt

Definition of Tempt

v. t.1.To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
[imp. & p. p. Tempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tempting.]
God did tempt Abraham.
- Gen. xxii. 1.
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God.
- Deut. vi. 16.
2.To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- James i. 14.
3.To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
Tempt not the brave and needy to despair.
- Dryden.
Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.
- Pope.
4.To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.
- Dryden.

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