tempt
Verbs
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(v) dispose or incline or entice to
- We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
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(v) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
- He lured me into temptation
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(v) give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
- the window displays tempted the shoppers
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(v) induce into action by using one's charm
- She charmed him into giving her all his money
- (v) try to seduce
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(v) try presumptuously
- St. Anthony was tempted in the desert