Dictionary

entice en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈtaɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
   • I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
   • 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. 2012 March 14, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:

Forms

Deriveds

enticeable · enticeful · enticer · enticing · enticement

Relateds

beguile · tempt · seduce

Translations (69)

tr ayartmak (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · fi houkutella (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · nap abbéncere (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es engolosinar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · ru завлека́ть (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es tentar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es cantusar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · la allectō (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · cy hudo (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es incitar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · nap tentà (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · cs obloudit (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · ja 誘惑する (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · de locken (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · grc δελεάζω (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · de verführen (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · fr appâter (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · it allettare (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · oc escar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · sv stimulera (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · ru прима́нивать (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · hu csábítani (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pt aliciar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pl nęcić (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · ca temptar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · fr attirer (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · la pelliciō (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es encatusar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · ru соблазня́ть (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · nap affatturà (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · sv locka (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · oc incitar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · ca atreure (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · mi ngore (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · ml വശീകരിക്കുക (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · mi poapoa (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · it attrarre (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · sv förmå (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · bg съблазнявам (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · th ล่อ (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es engatusar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · tr cezbetmek (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pl zachęcać (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · vi lôi kéo (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pl kusić (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es encantusar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · oc tentar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · vi lôi cuốn (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pl wabić (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · oc atraire (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · bg примамвам (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · mi tāruru (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es acudiciar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · he פִּתָּה (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · mi tīmori (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · cy denu (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · es acodiciar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · vi nhử (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pt tentar (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · cmn 誘惑 /诱惑 (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pl zachęcić (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pt atrair (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · et meelitama (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · mi pātari (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · cic yimmichi (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · pl mamić (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · nl verleiden (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · it tentare (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope) · it adescare (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope)