Tentation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tentation \Ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. tentatio: cf. F. tentation. See
     {Temptation}.]
     1. Trial; temptation. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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     2. (Mech.) A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated


        trials or experiments. --Knight.
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