Tempt

Morpheme

Tempt

Type

free base

Denotation

entice, allure, seduce

Etymology

Old French tempter, tenter; Latin temptare, variant of tentare

Evidence

attempt, attemptability, attemptable, attempted, attempter, attempting, attemptive, attemptless, attempts, nonattempt, reattempt, reattempted, reattempting, reattempts, tempt, temptation, tempted, tempter, temptful, tempting, temptless, temptress, tempts, temptsome, temptuous, unattempted, unattempting

Doublet

Taunt

See Also

Tent, Taunt