tempt

Verb
  1. Dispose or incline or entice to (synset 200795447)
    "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
    entail: appeal, attract - be attractive to
    is a type of: bid, invite - ask someone in a friendly way to do something
    same as: allure
  2. Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion (synset 200784574)
    "He lured me into temptation"
    is a type of: provoke, stimulate - provide the needed stimulus for
    subtypes:
    • hook, snare - entice and trap
    • seduce - lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct
    • call - lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
    • stool - lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
    • lead on - entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken
    • tweedle - entice through the use of music
    • decoy - lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
    • bait - lure, entice, or entrap with bait
    same as: entice, lure
  3. Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting (synset 201811496)
    "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
    is a type of: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
    same as: invite
  4. Induce into action by using one's charm (synset 200778568)
    "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
    is a type of: persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
    subtypes: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind - attract strongly, as if with a magnet
    same as: charm, influence
  5. Try to seduce (synset 201811737)
    is a type of: arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up - stimulate sexually
  6. Try presumptuously (synset 200786231)
    "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
    is a type of: persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

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