Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TEMPTER
n.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. Matthew 4:3.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TEMPTER
TEMPTER Tempt "er, n.
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
tempter
tempt er |ˈtem (p )tər ˈtɛm (p )tər | ▶noun a person or thing that tempts. • ( the Tempter ) the Devil. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tempteur, from ecclesiastical Latin temptator, from Latin temptare ‘to handle, test, try. ’
Oxford Dictionary
tempter
tempt ¦er |ˈtɛm (p )tə | ▶noun a person or thing that tempts. • ( the Tempter ) the Devil. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tempteur, from ecclesiastical Latin temptator, from Latin temptare ‘to handle, test, try ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
tempter
t é mpt er 名詞 1 C (悪事へ )誘惑する人 [もの ].2 〖the T- 〗悪魔 .
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