TEMPT

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try. God did tempt Abraham. Gen. xxii. 1. Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 16.

2.
v.

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.
v.

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.
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To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt. Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies. Dryden.

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