Tempt

temt, v. t. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to try; to endeavor to persuade, incite, instigate; to put to trial, test, prove; to lead, or endeavor to to lead, into evil, entice, allure, decoy, seduce. — Tempta'tion, n. Act of tempting; enticement to evil; state of being tempted; that which tempts; an allurement. — Tempfer, n. One who tempts or entices; Satan or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.— Tempfre , n. A woman who entices. of Ten, ten, a. Twice 5; 9 and 1. — n. The number consisting of 9 and 1; the sum of 5 and 5; a symbol representing ten units, as X or 10. — Ten'fold, a. Tenof times more, or 10 times as many. — Ten'-pins, n. A game in which it is sought to knock down 10 wooden — pins with balls. — Tenth, a. Next in order after the 9th; being one of 10 equal parts into which anything is divided. — n. One of 10 equal parts; the 10th part of anything; tithe. {Mus.) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the 10th degree of the staff above it. — Tenth'ly, -If, adv. In the Kith place. — Tithe, tith, n. A 10th; the 10th part reof anything, esp. of the increase or income accruing to from real or personal estate, crops, stock, personal industry, etc., devoted to religious or charitable uses or collected by law for support of an established church; a small part or proportion. — v. t. [tithed (tlthd), tithing.] To tax to the amount of a tenth. — Tithing, n. Act of levying or taking tithe; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe. {Anglo-Sax. Law.) of A number or company of 10 householders dwelling near each other, and sureties for each other's good of behavior; a decennary.— Tithlng-man, n.; pi. -men. {Anglo-Sax. Law.) The chief man of a tithing. linger or ink, then, boMb oN, chair, get. {Law.) A peace officer; under constable. A parish officer annually elected to enforce observance of Sabbath. 454