İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. (birini) ayartmaya çalışmak, doğru yoldan saptırmaya çalışmak: He tempted me with the promise of an earldom. Bir kontluk vadederek beni ayartmaya çalıştı.
2. birinin kendi nefsiyle mücadele etmesine yol açmak: The beautiful weather tempted me not even to go to the office. Hava öyle güzeldi ki işe gitmemeyi bile düşündüm. The smell of that cake really tempts me. O kekin kokusu beni gerçekten imrendiriyor. I´m tempted not to go at all. Şeytan diyor ki hiç gitme./Hiç gitmeyesim geliyor. They were tempted to take the money. Akıllarından parayı almak geçti. seytana uydurmak, ayartmak, bastan çikarmak, tesvik etmek; cezbetmek, özendirmek. baştan çıkar. baştan çıkar. f.
3. (birini) ayartmaya çalışmak, doğru yoldan saptırmaya çalışmak: He tempted me with the promise of an earldom. Bir kontluk vadederek beni. baştan çıkarmak, ayartmak, özendirmek, kışkırtmak, meydan okumak.
4. kızdırmak, öfkelendirmek; çekici olmak; kandırmak; özendir/ayart, tempt to dürtmek, tempt fate kadere meydan okumak, eskidenemek; teşvik etmek; ayartmak, baştan çıkarmak.
5. şeytana uydurmak. ayartmak. baştan çıkarmak. teşvik etmek. cezbetmek. özendirmek.
6. baştan çıkartmak. ayartmak. kandırmak. teşvik etmek. istek uyandırmak. imrendirmek. cezbetmek.
7. baştan çıkar.

Etymology : Middle English, from Old French tempter, tenter, from Latin temptare, tentare to feel, try
Pronunciation : 'tem(p)t
Function : transitive verb
Date : 13th century

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1. allure, entice, tantalize, seduce. tempt\tempt\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. tempted; p. pr. & vb. n. tempting.] [oe. tempten, tenten, from of. tempter, tenter, f. tenter, fr. l. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel, attack, to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from tendere, tentum, and tensum, to stretch. see: thin, and cf. attempt, tend, taunt, tent a pavilion, tent to probe.].
2. to put to trial; to prove; to test; to try. god did tempt abraham. xxii.
3. ye shall not tempt the lord your god. vi.
4. 2. to lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce. every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
5. 3. to endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate. tempt not the brave and needy to despair. nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging sire.
6. to endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt. ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.
7. To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
8. To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
9. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
10. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt. try presumptuously; "St.
11. Anthony was tempted in the desert" dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food" give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" try to seduce.
12. 1. Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful. Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry? The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.
13. If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do. a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford She will be offering a package worth about 40 million dollars, to tempt the rebels into agreeing to disarm. see also: tempted.
14. If someone says that something they say or do is tempting fate or is tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end. As soon as you start to talk about never having played on a losing side, it is tempting fate.