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entice

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en·tice  (n-ts)
tr.v. en·ticed, en·tic·ing, en·tic·es
To attract by arousing hope or desire; lure: The promise of higher pay enticed me into the new job. See Synonyms at lure.

[Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier, to instigate, possibly from Vulgar Latin *inttire, to set afire : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin tti, firebrand.]

en·ticement n.
en·ticer n.
en·ticing·ly adv.

entice
Verb
[-ticing, -ticed] to attract (someone) away from one place or activity to another [Old French enticier]
enticement n
enticing adj
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Verb1.entice - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
snare, hook - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
seduce - lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"
call - lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks"
stool - lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
lead on - entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken
tweedle - entice through the use of music
provoke, stimulate - provide the needed stimulus for
decoy - lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
bait - lure, entice, or entrap with bait

entice
verb lure, attract, invite, persuade, draw, tempt, induce, seduce, lead on, coax, beguile, allure, cajole, decoy, wheedle, prevail on, inveigle, dangle a carrot in front of
Translations
Spanish entice [ɪnˈtaɪs] vttentar (= seduce); seducir
French entice [ɪnˈtaɪs] vtattirer, séduire
German entice [ɪnˈtaɪs] vtlocken;
(tempt) → verleiten

Italian entice [ɪnˈtaɪs] vtallettare, sedurre

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Entice the tyrant back with fair promises, kill him and enthrone.
Let him who has been deceived complain, let him give way to despair whose encouraged hopes have proved vain, let him flatter himself whom I shall entice, let him boast whom I shall receive; but let not him call me cruel or homicide to whom I make no promise, upon whom I practise no deception, whom I neither entice nor receive.
"When a man," continued Raoul, "adopts such romantic methods to entice a young girl's affections.
 
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