different between tempt vs costen

English

Etymology

From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt”), frequentative of tenere (“to hold”). Displaced native English costning (“temptation”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /t?mpt/, /t?mt/
• Rhymes: -?mpt, -?mt

Verb

tempt (third-person singular simple present tempts, present participle tempting, simple past and past participle tempted)

1. (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.

2. (transitive) To attract; to allure.

3. (transitive) To provoke something; to court.

Synonyms

• (provoke someone to do wrong): entice, fand, lure, pander, tease
• (attract; allure): beguile, entrance; see also Thesaurus:allure
• (provoke something): foment, urge; see also Thesaurus:incite

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• tempt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tempt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tempt at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latvian

Verb

tempt (tr., 1st conj., pres. tempju, temp, tempj, past tempu)

1. to gulp
2. to swill
3. to quaff

Conjugation

English

Etymology

From Middle English costnien, from Old English costnian, subsidiary form of Old English costian (“to tempt, try, prove, examine”), from Proto-Germanic *kust?n? (“to try, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ews- (“to enjoy, taste”). Cognate with German kosten (“to taste”). More at choose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.s?n/

Verb

costen (third-person singular simple present costens, present participle costening, simple past and past participle costened)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.

Related terms

• cost
• costning

Anagrams

• Contés, Tecson, c notes, c-notes, centos, socnet

Catalan

Verb

costen

1. third-person plural present indicative form of costar