tempter

From Middle English tempter, temptere, temptour, temptoure, from Old French tempter, temptere, tenteor, Anglo-Norman tempteour, temptur and Middle English tempten (“to tempt”); equivalent to tempt +‎ -er.

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tempter (plural tempters)

1. Someone or something that tempts.
2. A seducer, especially a man who seduces.

   He is a tempter of married women.

• temptress

tempter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of temptō

• tenter, tanter

From Latin temptō.

tempter

1. to tempt; to act as a temptation
   • c. 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:

     Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez

     A third of you were very tempted

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• → English: tempt