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tempt

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
tempt

Third-person singular
tempts

Past tense
tempted

Past participle
tempted

Present participle
tempting

  1. (transitive) When you tempt someone, you try to get someone to do something, perhaps something bad or immoral.
    He was tempted to steal that expensive phone on the table.
    She was tempted to kiss him.