Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TEMPT-A'TION
TEMPT-A'TION, n.
- The act of tempting; enticement to evil by arguments, by flattery, or by the offer of some real or apparent good. When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke iv.
- Solicitation of the passions; enticements to evil proceeding from the prospect of pleasure or advantage.
- The state of being tempted or enticed to evil. When by human weakness you are led into temptation, resort to prayer for relief.
- Trial. Lead us not into temptation. Lord's Prayer.
- That which is presented to the mind as an inducement to evil. Dare to be great without a guilty crown, / View it, and lay the bright temptation down. Dryden.
- In colloquial language, an allurement to any thing indifferent, or even good.
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