Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tempt
Participle: tempted
Gerund: tempting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tempt |
| you | tempt |
| he;she;it | tempts |
| we | tempt |
| you | tempt |
| they | tempt |
Perfect
| I | have tempted |
| you | have tempted |
| he;she;it | has tempted |
| we | have tempted |
| you | have tempted |
| they | have tempted |
Past
| I | tempted |
| you | tempted |
| he;she;it | tempted |
| we | tempted |
| you | tempted |
| they | tempted |
Pluperfect
| I | had tempted |
| you | had tempted |
| he;she;it | had tempted |
| we | had tempted |
| you | had tempted |
| they | had tempted |
Future
| I | will tempt |
| you | will tempt |
| he;she;it | will tempt |
| we | will tempt |
| you | will tempt |
| they | will tempt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tempted |
| you | will have tempted |
| he;she;it | will have tempted |
| we | will have tempted |
| you | will have tempted |
| they | will have tempted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tempt |
| you | tempt |
| he;she;it | tempt |
| we | tempt |
| you | tempt |
| they | tempt |
Perfect
| I | have tempted |
| you | have tempted |
| he;she;it | have tempted |
| we | have tempted |
| you | have tempted |
| they | have tempted |
Imperfect
| I | tempted |
| you | tempted |
| he;she;it | tempted |
| we | tempted |
| you | tempted |
| they | tempted |
Pluperfect
| I | had tempted |
| you | had tempted |
| he;she;it | had tempted |
| we | had tempted |
| you | had tempted |
| they | had tempted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tempt |
| you | would tempt |
| he;she;it | would tempt |
| we | would tempt |
| you | would tempt |
| they | would tempt |
Perfect
| I | would have tempted |
| you | would have tempted |
| he;she;it | would have tempted |
| we | would have tempted |
| you | would have tempted |
| they | would have tempted |
Imperative
| you | tempt |
| we | Let's tempt |
| you | tempt |
Verbs conjugated like 'tempt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tempt'
temp,
adempt,
attempt,
compt,
demit,
dompt,
emit,
empte,
empty,
exempt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- attract; allure
- allure
- provoke something
- incite
- to arouse interest
- allure, arrest, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, court, delight, draw, enchant, engage, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, mesmerize, pull, pull in, sirenize, spellbind, tole
- To provoke something.
- incite
- lure
- allure, attract, entice, induce, inveigle, persuade, seduce, tantalize
Antonyms
- lure
- repel, repulse, disgust, revolt
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, from O.Fr.
tempter (12c.), from L.
temptare "to feel, try out, attempt to influence, test."
Tempting in the sense of "inviting" is from 1596;
temptress is from 1594.
2. From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt”), frequentative of tendere (“to stretch”). Displaced native English costning (“temptation”). See: Middle English '
tempten', Old French '
tempter', Latin '
tempto'.
Verbs referencing "tempt"
Ido tentar.
Sample Sentences
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Whoever visits some estates there, and witnesses the good-humored indulgence of some masters and mistresses, and the affectionate loyalty of some slaves, might be tempted to dream the oft-fabled poetic legend of a patriarchal institution, and all that; but over and above the scene there broods a portentous shadow—the shadow of _law_. So long as the law considers all [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] signs which are so plentiful, in shape like river buoys, or small balloons, hoisted by cords to poles, and dangling there, announce, as you may see by looking up, ‘OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE. ’ They tempt the hungry most at night, for then dull candles glimmering inside, illuminate these dainty words, and make the mouths of idlers water, as they read and linger.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] recollection of those who are hidden from his view and knowledge, that he starts from his seat, and striding up and down the narrow room with both hands clasped on his uplifted head, hears spirits tempting him to beat his brains out on the wall.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] man, who had been tried for the murder of his father. The evidence was entirely circumstantial, and was very conflicting and doubtful; nor was it possible to assign any motive which could have tempted him to the commission of so tremendous a crime. He had been tried twice; and on the second occasion the jury felt so much hesitation in convicting him, that they found a verdict of manslaughter, or [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] which the half-built houses rot away: cleared here and there for the space of a few yards; and teeming, then, with rank unwholesome vegetation, in whose baleful shade the wretched wanderers who are tempted hither, droop, and die, and lay their bones; the hateful Mississippi circling and eddying before it, and turning off upon its southern course a slimy monster hideous to behold; a hotbed of disease, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God; but it goes sorely against the corrupt will of man, and none can receive it save they to whom it is given. Let us pray the Lord that we be not tempted. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] for, certain crimping agents of these houses, who have a percentage on all the passengers they inveigle, are constantly travelling about those districts where poverty and discontent are rife, and tempting the credulous into more misery, by holding out monstrous inducements to emigration which can never be realised.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Well, only when I 've been very much tempted, ” said Miss Ophelia.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] impressions to correct when I was here first. And this brings me to a point on which I have, ever since I landed in the United States last November, observed a strict silence, though sometimes tempted to break it, but in reference to which I will, with your good leave, take you into my confidence now. Even the Press, being human, may be sometimes mistaken or misinformed, and I rather think that [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)