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The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction. When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke iv. 13.

Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin. [R.] Hammond.

The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton.

To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. [Obs. or Archaic] It made the laughter of an afternoon That Vivien should attempt the blameless king. Thackeray.

Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. Fairfax.

b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, to be carried by music, or by temptation. -- To carry coals, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. Halliwell. -- To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place where they alread…

The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.

apt; wont; fond; inclined. Men and birds are fain of climbing high. Shak. To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. Jer. Taylor.

ind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.

Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women. Man is frail, and prone to evil. Jer. Taylor.

ing from, fraund; as, a fraudulent bargain. He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent temptation thus began. Milton.

rd, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. That temptation that doth goad us on. Shak.

the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land. 2 Kings xvii. 26. The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful,manner. Atterbury.

Pious; devout. [Obs.] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. Wyclif.

as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof. I . . . have found thee Proof against all temptation. Milton. This was a good, stout proof article of faith. Burke.

To strike with, or as with, a racket. Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt.

to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable goods. heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of running goods. Swift.

To some indeterminate place; to some place or other. Driven by the winds of temptation somewhither. Barrow.

one of our principal strengths. Sprat. Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation. Jer. Taylor.

st; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth. Chaucer. My Spirit shall not always strive with man. Gen. vi. 3. Why dost thou strive against him Job xxxiii. 13. Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fat…