Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies.
Dryden.
Syn. — To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.
Tempt`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being temptable;
lability to temptation.
Tempt"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
Cudworth.
Temp*ta"tion (?), n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F. tentation, L.
tentatio.] 1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a
season.
Luke iv. 13.