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We found 28 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word tempt:
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General dictionaries General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. tempt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  2. tempt: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  3. tempt: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  4. tempt: Wiktionary [home, info]
  5. tempt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  6. tempt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  7. tempt: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  8. tempt: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  9. tempt: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  10. tempt: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  11. tempt: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  12. tempt: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
  13. Tempt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. tempt: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  15. tempt: Rhymezone [home, info]
  16. tempt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  17. tempt: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  18. tempt: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  19. tempt: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  20. tempt: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  21. tempt: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  22. tempt: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tempt-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tempt: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TEMPT: Acronym Finder [home, info]
  2. tempt: Idioms [home, info]

Religion dictionaries Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TEMPT: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE [home, info]

Sports dictionaries Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tempt: Backgammon [home, info]

Quick definitions (tempt)

verb:  try presumptuously ("St. Anthony was tempted in the desert")
verb:  dispose or incline or entice to ("We were tempted by the delicious-looking food")
verb:  give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting ("The window displays tempted the shoppers")
verb:  try to seduce
verb:  induce into action by using one's charm
verb:  provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion ("He lured me into temptation")

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Phrases that include tempt:   tempt providence, tempt fate/providence

Words similar to tempt:   allure, lure, entice, charm, influence, invite, temptable, tempted, tempting, bait, more...


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