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Webster 1913 Edition

Tentation

Ten-ta′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

tentatio

: cf. F.

tentation

. See

.]

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.

[L. tentatio; tento, to try.]

Trial; temptation. [Little used.]