rare. [f. Lat. type *tentābil-is, OF. tentable liable to be tempted (c. 1340 in Godef.), or from Eng. *tentable for TEMPTABLE: see -ITY.] = TEMPTABILITY.
1844. W. H. Mill, Serm. Tempt. Christ, ii. 39. The tentability of the Incarnate Lord.
1860. Ellicott, Life our Lord, iii. 112, note. In estimating the nature of our Lord’s tentability.
1863. A. Barry, in Smith’s Dict. Bible, III. 1148/2. It is this tentability of man, even in his original nature, which is represented in Scripture as giving scope to the evil action of Satan.
