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tempt
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)
- (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- (transitive) To attract; to allure.
- (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)
- to gulp
- to swill
- to quaff
Conjugation
tempt From the web:
- what temptation is still alive
- what temperature
- what temptations did jesus face
- what temp
- what temperature is a fever
- what temptation is common to man
- what temptation means
- what temperature is chicken done
incite
English
Etymology
Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citare (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of ciere (“to rouse, excite, call”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n.s?t', IPA(key): /?n?sa?t/
Verb
incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)
- (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
- The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
Related terms
- incitement
- inciteful
- incitive
Translations
Further reading
- incite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- incite at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- intice
French
Verb
incite
- first-person singular present indicative of inciter
- third-person singular present indicative of inciter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of inciter
- second-person singular imperative of inciter
Portuguese
Verb
incite
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of incitar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of incitar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of incitar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of incitar
Spanish
Verb
incite
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incitar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incitar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of incitar.
incite From the web:
- what incited the indian wars of the 1860s
- what incited
- what incite means
- what incitement of insurrection mean
- what incited the capitol hill riots
- what incited the civil war
- what incited the peasant revolts
- what incitement of insurrection
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