entice (verb)

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• entice — ► VERB ▪ attract by offering pleasure or advantage. DERIVATIVES enticement noun enticer noun enticing adjective. ORIGIN Old French enticier, probably from a base meaning set on fire …   English terms dictionary

• entice — I verb allure, bait, cajole, coax, decoy, divert, induce, inveigh, lure, seduce, tempt II index bait (lure), betray (lead astray), cajole, coax …   Law dictionary

• entice — verb (T) to persuade someone to do something by offering them something if they will do it: entice sb away/across/down etc: He tried to entice the dog away from its post by the door. | entice sb: Banks are offering low interest rates in an… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• entice — verb Entice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑buyer, ↑customer, ↑viewer …   Collocations dictionary

• entice — verb he tried to entice us by promising a screen test at his studio Syn: tempt, lure, allure, attract, appeal to; invite, persuade, convince, beguile, coax, woo, court; seduce, lead on; informal sweet talk See note at tempt …   Thesaurus of popular words

• entice — verb To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey. See Also: enticement, enticing …   Wiktionary

• entice — verb Syn: tempt, lure, attract, appeal to, invite, persuade, beguile, coax, woo, lead on, seduce; informal sweet talk …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• entice — [[t]ɪnta͟ɪs[/t]] entices, enticing, enticed VERB To entice someone to go somewhere or to do something means to try to persuade them to go to that place or to do that thing. [V n prep] Retailers have tried almost everything, from cheap credit to… …   English dictionary

• entice — UK [ɪnˈtaɪs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms entice : present tense I/you/we/they entice he/she/it entices present participle enticing past tense enticed past participle enticed to persuade someone to do something, especially by offering them… …   English dictionary

• entice — en|tice [ ın taıs ] verb transitive to persuade someone to do something, especially by offering them an advantage or reward: I enticed him with more money. In many cities drivers are being enticed to take a train or bus to work. How can a promise …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• entice — [13] Entice is an inflammatory sort of word. It comes ultimately from Latin tītiō ‘firebrand’, which was used, with the prefix in ‘in’, to form the Vulgar Latin verb *intītiāre ‘set on fire’. This passed into English via Old French enticier, and… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins