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tentation

tentation noun: a mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments. Also the obsolete form of temptation.

Noun

tentation (countable and uncountable, plural tentations)

  1. (obsolete) A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.

Also used as

tentation is also the obsolete form of temptation.

Forms of tentation

pluraltentations

Origin of tentation

From Old French tentation, from Latin tentatio, alternative form of temptatio. See temptation.

Questions about tentation

What does tentation mean?
Tentation means a mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
What part of speech is tentation?
Tentation is a noun.
What is the plural of tentation?
The plural of tentation is tentations.

Words near tentation in the dictionary

  1. tentaculum
  2. tentadick
  3. tentadicks
  4. tentage
  5. tentages
  6. tentation
  7. tentations
  8. tentative
  9. tentative wound
  10. tentative wounds
  11. tentatively

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