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tempter

[ temp-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that tempts, especially to evil.
  2. the Tempter, Satan; the devil.


Tempter

/ ˈ³ÙÉ›³¾±è³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. the Tempter
    Satan regarded as trying to lead men into sin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tempter1

1350–1400; tempt + -er 1; replacing Middle English temptour < Old French temptere, temptëor < Late Latin ³Ù±ð³¾±è³ÙÄå³ÙÅ°ù-, stem of ³Ù±ð³¾±è³ÙÄå³Ù´Ç°ù tempter (to sin), Latin: one who makes an attempt; tempt, -tor
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The experienced tempter warns the imp not to let his subject actually believe in God or satanic powers.

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In it, he draws parallels between Jack Nicholson’s character and the devil: “a tempter who draws people into his sphere of influence.â€

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Somebody was the tempter, the proactive initiator, and it wasn't the colleges.

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Then he proceeded to counter Pelosi’s claim that he had “flipped out†and had a “tempter tantrum†at Wednesday’s aborted meeting by insisting he had been calm.

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Many of his targets will forever rue the day they agreed to sit down with this shape-shifter, this tempter who brings out their worst side under the camera’s glare.

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