Temporomalar
(Tem`po*ro*ma"lar) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the region of the
malar bone; as, the temporomalar nerve.
Temporomaxillary
(Tem`po*ro*max"il*la*ry) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal
bone and the maxilla.
Temps
(Temps) n. [OF. & F., fr. L. tempus. See Temporal of time.] Time. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Tempse
(Tempse) n. See Temse. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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.]
1. To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
God did tempt Abraham.
Gen. xxii. 1.
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God.
Deut. vi. 16. 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.
James i. 14. 3. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
Tempt not the brave and needy to despair.
Dryden.
Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire.
Pope. 4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.
Dryden. Syn. — To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.
Temptability
(Tempt`a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.
Temptable
(Tempt"a*ble) a. Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. Cudworth.
Temptation
(Temp*ta"tion) n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F. tentation, L. tentatio.]
1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Luke iv. 13. 2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
Lead us not into temptation.
Luke xi. 4. 3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.
Dare to be great, without a guilty crown;
View it, and lay the bright temptation down.
Dryden. Temptationless
(Temp*ta"tion*less), a. Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin. [R.]
Hammond.
