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Webster 1913 Edition
Tentation
1.
Trial; temptation.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
2.
(Mech.)
A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
Knight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tentation
TENTA'TION
,Noun.
Trial; temptation. [Little used.]
Definition 2024
tentation
tentation
English
Noun
tentation (countable and uncountable, plural tentations)
- Obsolete form of temptation.
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- (obsolete) A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
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French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin tentatio
Pronunciation
Noun
tentation f (plural tentations)