tempt
English
Etymology
From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt”), frequentative of tenere (“to hold”). Displaced native English costning (“temptation”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tɛmpt/, /tɛmt/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmpt, -ɛmt
Verb
tempt (third-person singular simple present tempts, present participle tempting, simple past and past participle tempted)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
to provoke someone to do wrong
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to attract, allure
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Further reading
- tempt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tempt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tempt at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latvian
Conjugation
conjugation of tempt
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
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Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
1st pers. sg. | es | tempju | tempu | tempšu | — |
2nd pers. sg. | tu | temp | tempi | tempsi | temp |
3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | tempj | tempa | temps | lai tempj |
1st pers. pl. | mēs | tempjam | tempām | tempsim | tempsim |
2nd pers. pl. | jūs | tempjat | tempāt | tempsiet, tempsit |
tempiet |
3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | tempj | tempa | temps | lai tempj |
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
Present | tempjot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | tempjošs | ||
Past | esot tempis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | tempdams | ||
Future | tempšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | tempjot | ||
Imperative | lai tempjot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | tempjam | ||
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | tempis | |||
Present | temptu | Present Passive | — | ||
Past | būtu tempis | Past Passive | — | ||
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
Indicative | (būt) jātempj | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | tempt | ||
Conjunctive 1 | esot jātempj | Negative Infinitive | netempt | ||
Conjunctive 2 | jātempjot | Verbal noun | tempšana |
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