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What (who) is Entice - definition
Entice
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Enticer (disambiguation); Entice (disambiguation); Enticing
entice
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Enticer (disambiguation); Entice (disambiguation); Enticing
[?n't??s, ?n-]
¦ verb attract by offering pleasure or advantage.
Derivatives
enticement noun
enticer noun
enticing adjective
enticingly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. enticier, prob. from a base meaning 'set on fire', based on an alt. of L. titio 'firebrand'.
entice
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Enticer (disambiguation); Entice (disambiguation); Enticing
(entices, enticing, enticed)
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.
Retailers have tried almost everything to entice shoppers through their doors...
They'll entice doctors to move from the cities by paying them better salaries.
= lure
VERB: V n prep, V n to-inf, also V n
Examples of use of Entice
1. Their policies entice racial hatred and white supremacy!
2. Giorgos Pavlopoulos apparently paid his victims and gave them gifts to entice them, the court heard.
3. But researchers‘ predictions may be persuasive enough to entice big business.
4. Smith, 2', that she was offered money to try to entice Herenton and damage his reputation.
5. "No responsible adult should ever entice unsupervised children to take sweets from strangers.