overtempt

verb

overtempt

verb

Etymology From over- + tempt.

1

To tempt exceedingly, or beyond someone's resistance.

  • the soul[…]should be overtempted and cast away1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:

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