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temptative

temptative (tent-) [temptativus+-e], by way of a test, trial, experiment, or challenge (esp. in dialectic contest). eas [questiones] mihi proponis, earumque solutionem cum instantia petis; verumtamen cum sis in scholis, ego autem in castris; et cum jam biennium in legibus et decretis expenderis, vereor ne tentative hoc facias, ut sic me in simplicitate mea callide comprehendas P. Blois Ep. 19; sepius opiniones contrarias pertractabo ‥ et interdum scienter ~e pro eis seu sophistice allegando, in persona conferam aliorum, ut pro utraque parte allegationibus intellectis ‥ veritatis amator ‥ verum a falso occasionem habeat discernendi Ockham Pol. I 15; patet conferentibus scripturam in sua integritate, sicut doctor meus facit, licet tentative proponat mihi talia, quod scriptura juvat seipsam pro sensibus postillandis (Wycl.) Ziz. 461.

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