different between tempt vs prevail
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:
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- 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
prevail
English
Etymology
From Middle English prevailen, from Old French prevaler, from Latin praevale? (“be very able or more able, be superior, prevail”), from prae (“before”) + vale? (“be able or powerful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???ve?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Hyphenation: pre?vail
Verb
prevail (third-person singular simple present prevails, present participle prevailing, simple past and past participle prevailed)
- (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- , Exodus 17:11
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
- (intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
- (transitive, obsolete) To avail.
Derived terms
- cooler heads will prevail
Related terms
- prevalence
- prevalent
Translations
References
- prevail in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prevail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- pervial
prevail From the web:
- what prevail means
- what prevailing wage means
- what prevailing mood is conveyed in arachne
- what does prevail mean
- what do prevail mean
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