verb
- Dispose or incline or entice to.
- usage: "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
- synonyms: allure
- Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.
- usage: "He lured me into temptation"
- Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting.
- usage: "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
- synonyms: invite
- Induce into action by using one's charm.
- usage: "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
- Try to seduce.
- Try presumptuously.
- usage: "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
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