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temptation
(encz) | temptation,lákadlo Zdeněk Brož |
temptation
(encz) | temptation,pokušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
temptation
(encz) | temptation,svádění n: Zdeněk Brož |
temptation
(encz) | temptation,svod n: Zdeněk Brož |
Temptation
(gcide) | Temptation \Temp*ta"tion\, n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F.
tentation, L. tentatio.]
1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
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When the devil had ended all the temptation, he
departed from him for a season. --Luke iv. 13.
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2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
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Lead us not into temptation. --Luke xi. 4.
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3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement,
especially to something evil.
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Dare to be great, without a guilty crown;
View it, and lay the bright temptation down.
--Dryden.
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temptation
(wn) | temptation
n 1: something that seduces or has the quality to seduce [syn:
temptation, enticement]
2: the desire to have or do something that you know you should
avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"
3: the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his
enticements were shameless" [syn: enticement, temptation] |
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Temptation
(gcide) | Temptation \Temp*ta"tion\, n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F.
tentation, L. tentatio.]
1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
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When the devil had ended all the temptation, he
departed from him for a season. --Luke iv. 13.
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2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
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Lead us not into temptation. --Luke xi. 4.
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3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement,
especially to something evil.
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Dare to be great, without a guilty crown;
View it, and lay the bright temptation down.
--Dryden.
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Temptationless
(gcide) | Temptationless \Temp*ta"tion*less\, a.
Having no temptation or motive; as, a temptationless sin.
[R.] --Hammond.
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