overtempt

English

Etymology

over- +‎ tempt

Verb

overtempt (third-person singular simple present overtempts, present participle overtempting, simple past and past participle overtempted)

1. To tempt exceedingly, or beyond someone's resistance.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     the soul […] should be overtempted and cast away

References

• “overtempt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.