Tempt: alternatives and connections

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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of Bid

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…

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To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to dec…

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.

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To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.

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To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.

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A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

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A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

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To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.

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To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable…

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To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable…

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The act alluring; temptation; enticement.

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The act alluring; temptation; enticement.

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The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.

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The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.

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Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.

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Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.

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The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.

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The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.

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One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.

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One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.

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To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

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To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable…

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A melody; a song.

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To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to ev…

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A flowing in or upon; influx.

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To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…

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A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.

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