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tempt

transitive verb

  1. Archaic to test; try
  2. to try to persuade; induce or entice, esp. to something immoral or sensually pleasurable
  3. to rouse desire in; be inviting to; attract
  4. to provoke or run the risk of provoking (fate, etc.)
  5. to incline strongly: to be tempted to accept

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