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Webster 1913 Edition
Tempter
Tempt′er
,Noun.
One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.
“Those who are bent to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on.” Tillotson.
So glozed the
Tempter
, and his proem tuned. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tempter
TEMPT'ER
,Noun.
Those who are bent to do wickedly, will never want tempters to urge them on.
1.
The great adversary of man; the devil. Matt.4.Definition 2024
tempter
tempter
English
Noun
tempter (plural tempters)
- Someone or something that tempts.
- A seducer, especially a man who seduces.
- He is a tempter of married women.
Related terms
Translations
Someone that tempts
Male seducer
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Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
tempter
- to tempt; to act as a temptation
- circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
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Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez
- A third of you were very tempted
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Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tempter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tempter | avoir tempté | |||||
| gerund | en temptant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | temptant | ||||||
| past participle | tempté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tempte | temptes | tempte | temptons | temptez | temptent |
| imperfect | temptoie, tempteie, temptoe, tempteve | temptoies, tempteies, temptoes, tempteves | temptoit, tempteit, temptot, tempteve | temptiiens, temptiens | temptiiez, temptiez | temptoient, tempteient, temptoent, temptevent | |
| preterite | temptai | temptas | tempta | temptames | temptastes | tempterent | |
| future | tempterai | tempteras | temptera | tempterons | tempteroiz, temptereiz, tempterez | tempteront | |
| conditional | tempteroie, temptereie | tempteroies, temptereies | tempteroit, temptereit | tempteriiens, tempteriens | tempteriiez, tempteriez | tempteroient, temptereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tempte | temptes | tempte | temptons | temptez | temptent |
| imperfect | temptasse | temptasses | temptast | temptissons, temptissiens | temptissoiz, temptissez, temptissiez | temptassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | tempte | — | temptons | temptez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: tempt