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▪ I. ˈtempting, vbl. n.
[f. tempt v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb tempt; temptation; † trying (obs.).
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 7506 Ihesu..sagh weyl hys grete temptyng. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 4054 The temptyngs of the werld ere many. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. ii. 55, I am much too venturous In tempting of your patience. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. i. 709 He having meanes to doe His pleasure, and perhaps, strong temptings too. 1903W. H. Gray Div. Sheph. iv. 71 If others tempt us let us not yield to their temptings.
attrib.1814Byron Lara i. xviii, And this same impulse would, in tempting time, Mislead his spirit equally to crime.
▪ II. ˈtempting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That tempts.
1. That entices to evil, or with evil design.
1546Bale Eng. Votaries Pref. A iij, The more part of their temptynge spretes they haue made she deuyls. 1644Milton Judgm. Bucer xliii. Wks. 1851 IV. 336 Let us see what our Lord answer'd to the tempting Pharisees about Divorce, and second Marriage. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 329 A tempting demon.
2. Seductive, attractive, alluring, inviting.
1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. Induct. i. 118 With kinde embracements, tempting kisses. 1680Otway Orphan v. i, If a tempting Fair you find That's very lovely, very kind. 1818Sir T. Lawrence 23 May in Williams Life & Corr. (1831) II. iii. 173 'Tis such a tempting offer. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xviii. IV. 135 The profits of the Indian trade were so tempting.
†3. Afflicting, distressing, ‘trying’. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 283 Felle temptande tene towched his hert.
4. Comb., as tempting-looking.
1875J. P. Hopps Princ. Relig. xv. (1878) 47 If you are told not to eat this or that tempting-looking berry, and you disobey and get poisoned.
Hence ˈtemptingly adv., ˈtemptingness.
1593Nashe Christ's T. 2 b, They erred most temptingly and contemptuously. 1802Bentham Mem. & Corr. Wks. 1843 X. 396 My first act of mendicancy, and that extorted from me by the mere temptingness of the opportunity. 1877A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xiv. (1878) 246 Articles of apparel are temptingly displayed. 1976Conc. Oxf. Dict. (ed. 6) s.v. Seduce, Persuade by temptingness or attractiveness. |