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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†TENT, v.² A variant of tempt. Obs. in Eng. since 16th c. Liter. or arch.e.Lth. 1885 S. Mucklebackit Rhymes 27:
'Tis that towards union it wud tent The sisters three!

Hence tentation, n., temptation.Wgt. 1706 G. Fraser Sketches 117:
There are severall singing young weomen that do live privatly in houses in the Toun, and that thereby hath been formerly so much sin and leudness, and occasioned tentation to others.Bte. 1745 Session Bk. Rothesay (1931) 460:
Her own circumstances as being under no tentation from want, etc.Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xliii.:
Ensnaring trials and tentations.