tempt
verbUK /tɛmpt/
US /tɛmpt/
To make someone want to do something, even if it is not good.
The smell of cookies tempted me to eat one before dinner.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. To make someone feel a strong desire for something.
The warm beach tempted us to skip work and go swimming.
3. To try to get someone to do something wrong or unwise.
His friends tempted him to cheat on the test.
4. To risk or provoke something in a daring way.
The climbers tempted fate by going up the mountain in a storm.