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tempt

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tempt in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. dispose or incline or entice to
    "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
    tempt  allure 
  2. induce into action by using one's charm
    "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
    charm  influence  tempt 
  3. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
    "He lured me into temptation"
    entice  lure  tempt 
  4. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
    "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
    tempt  invite 
  5. try presumptuously
    "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
    tempt 
  6. try to seduce
    tempt 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University