Associations to the word «Tempt»

Wiktionary

TEMPT, verb. (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
TEMPT, verb. (transitive) To attract; to allure.
TEMPT, verb. (transitive) To provoke something; to court.
TEMPT FATE, verb. (idiomatic) To take an extreme risk

Dictionary definition

TEMPT, verb. Dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food".
TEMPT, verb. Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation".
TEMPT, verb. Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers".
TEMPT, verb. Induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money".
TEMPT, verb. Try to seduce.
TEMPT, verb. Try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King