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Webster 1913 Edition


Tentation

Ten-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
tentatio
: cf. F.
tentation
. See
Temptation
.]
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.]

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tentation

tentation

English

Noun

tentation (countable and uncountable, plural tentations)

  1. Obsolete form of temptation.
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  2. (obsolete) A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
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French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin tentatio

Pronunciation

Noun

tentation f (plural tentations)

  1. temptation

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Interlingua

Noun

tentation (plural tentationes)

  1. temptation

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Interlingue

Noun

tentation

  1. temptation

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