tempt
tempt
- v dispose or incline or entice to
We were tempted by the delicious-looking food - v provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
He lured me into temptation - v give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
the window displays tempted the shoppers - v induce into action by using one's charm
- v try to seduce
- v try presumptuously
St. Anthony was tempted in the desert
- Aides warn you not to stray, lest you tempt the snipers positioned in the shadows around the compound.
- The student protest movement puts Khatami in a bind: The threat of chaos and a conservative backlash may tempt him to distance himself from the .
- The outbreak of communal conflict has raised the nightmarish prospect of an even wider and more destabilizing war that would tempt the country's neighbors to intervene on behalf of .