tempt

Definitions


[tɛm(p)t], (Verb)

Definitions:
- entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise
(e.g: there'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching)


Phrases:
- tempt fate

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tempter ‘to test’, from Latin temptare ‘handle, test, try’




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