overtempt
English
Etymology
over- + tempt
Verb
overtempt (third-person singular simple present overtempts, present participle overtempting, simple past and past participle overtempted)
- To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], OCLC 868004604, book:
- the soul […] should be overtempted and cast away
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overtempt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)