Definition of "tempts" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tempt. (verb)

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• "The title tempts one to think that this may be the case, and as I am in search of such jewels as certainly constitute 'the world's best wealth,' I hope to find a few in this old-fashioned casket, especially after the specimen you have sent, and which I take for granted to be a genuine specimen of the quality (whatever be its antiquity) of the hidden treasures."
• "She denies her feelings, but an as-yet-unseen skin tempts her towards enticing Kinan."
• "The mention of this latter name tempts me to narrate an amusing story of old John Jacob Astor, the founder of the fortune of that family, and a man who was more noted for acquiring money than for giving it away for any purpose."