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entice

en·tice [ in tss, en tss ] (past and past participle en·ticed, present participle en·tic·ing, 3rd person present singular en·tic·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
tempt by offering something attractive: to make a person or animal do something by offering something desirable

[13th century. Via Old French enticier< assumed Vulgar Latin intitiare "set on fire" < Latin titio "firebrand"]

en·tice·ment noun
en·tic·er noun
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