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attract

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Synonyms for tempt

to beguile or draw into a wrong or foolish course of action

to behave so as to bring on (danger, for example)

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Synonyms for tempt

dispose or incline or entice to

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provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting

induce into action by using one's charm

try to seduce

try presumptuously

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"We would write it down and then put the paper through a shredder before we tempted providence.