entice
English
Etymology
From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier, from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre, from Latin titiō.
Pronunciation
Verb
entice (third-person singular simple present entices, present participle enticing, simple past and past participle enticed)
- (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
- 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, page 106:
- Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.
- I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
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Translations
to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
See also
References
- “entice”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “entice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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