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Webster 1913 Edition


Tempter

Tempt′er

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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.
One that solicits or entices to evil.
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.