Lexicon: Tell – tempt

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Tell, proper n. [OE tęllan, relate, say, count, speak.]

William Tell (14th century); main character in Friedrich Schiller's poem; Swiss hero forced to shoot an apple off his son's head; legendary rebel who refused to bow to bailiff Gessler's hat in the town square.

tell (-ing, -s, told), v. [OE tęllan.]

teller (-'s), n. [see tell, v.]

temerity, n. [L. temeritas.] (webplay: rashness).

  1. Unstoppable force, as in time, age.
  2. Perseverance.
  3. Bold certainty, as in the progress of a season.
  4. Judgment; rash.
  5. Spirited stubbornness.

temper, n. [OE temprian < L. divide or proportion duly, combine properly; qualify, temper; keep within limits, regulate, rule.]

Anger, violence, fury.

temperature, n. [Latin temperātūra.]

The quality of a place in relation to warmth and coldness.

tempest, adj. [see tempest, n.]

tempest (-s), n. [OFr < L. 'season, weather, storm'.] (webplay: wind, rain).

  1. Violent wind associated with a storm.
  2. Rainstorm.

temple (-s), n. [OE.]

  1. Place of religious worship.
  2. Human body.
  3. [Fig.] sky.
  4. [Fig.] a person with intrinsic divinity or holiness.

tempt (-ed), v. [OFr 'to handle, touch, feel, test'.]

To be enticed to commit an act.