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Definition of Tempted
1. tempt [v] - See also: tempt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tempted
Literary usage of Tempted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Utopia by Thomas More (1869)
"... praye that they be not tempted, for that is as muche to fay, as to prai that we
... To be tempted is no ... tempted and therfore he gaue them warn- ..."
2. Othello by William Shakespeare (2001)
"When the tempted has become a murderer, the work of the temptation is but half
accomplished. The mind of the victim is not yet wholly poisoned, ..."
3. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... in our parts of the world, one would be tempted to fay, there hardly would
have been any need of the fifth command^ ment. ..."
4. The System of Doctrines: Contained in Divine Revelation, Explained and by Samuel Hopkins (1793)
"Cnd is faid t0 be tempted, and men are often faid I" tempt him. ... Sometimes to
be tempted implies moral evil, «ad actually falling into fin ..."
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