tamper

verb (tamper, tampers, tampered, tampering)

«tamper» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To tamper with a thing is to meddle with it or change it without permission, often so that it no longer works properly. tree →
(old use) To tamper with someone is to try to influence them in a secret or bad way. tree →

In the lessons

in stories a sneak or a thief tampers with a lock, a box or a message; in lessons, «do not tamper with the equipment»

Examples

Do not tamper with the lock. tree →
Someone had tampered with the clock, so it showed the wrong time. tree →
The fox tried to tamper with the baker's letters. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

in stories a sneak or a thief tampers with a lock, a box or a message; in lessons, «do not tamper with the equipment»

Examples

No Hebrew book has been so tampered with as tiie Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «tamper» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«tamper» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «tamper» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«tamper» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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