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Definition of entice
enticed
;enticing
transitive verb
: to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt
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Examples of entice in a Sentence
every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet
Recent Examples of entice from the Web
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Zachary Bunyon Douglas Melvin, 22, of Pansey, allegedly enticed minors for sexual acts and transmitted pornography to a minor by an electronic device, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said.
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Miami's main competition for Hayward – had hoped to trade for George partly to entice Hayward to wear green.
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The service will have other bells and whistles to entice would-be subscribers, including bonus scenes and interviews with casts and writers.
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Enticed by healthy Medicare payments — about $450 for a two-hour session — and for-profit management companies that do much of the work, nearly 1,300 U.S. hospitals have installed hyperbaric facilities.
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Kevin Walters from Oceanside used Trout Nuggets at Silver Lake in the June Lake Loop to entice a 5-pound, 15-ounce rainbow, and Vista angler Bill Wilczynski landed a 6-pound brown trout at Rock Creek Lake using a minijig.
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Everything is designed to look legitimate to entice pet sitters into accepting the job.
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His landscaping enticed several members of the Phillies baseball team, including Tug McGraw, to take short-term leases — a thrill for Osmanski, who was a Phillies fan.
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In the early 1900s, the former rock quarry site enticed picnickers and swimmers to spend their summers at the lake.
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Origin and Etymology of entice
Middle English, from Anglo-French enticer, from Vulgar Latin *intitiare, from Latin in- + titio firebrand
Synonym Discussion of entice
ENTICE Defined for English Language Learners
entice
playDefinition of entice for English Language Learners
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: to attract (someone) especially by offering or showing something that is appealing, interesting, etc.
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