entice v : provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" [syn: lure, tempt]

English

Verb

1. To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

   I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

Translations

Related terms

• enticement
• enticing

See also

• beguile
• tempt
• seduce

References

allure, attract, bait, bait the hook, beguile, blandish, cajole, coax, decoy, draw, draw in, draw on, ensnare, entrap, flirt, flirt with, give the come-on, inveigle, lead on, lure, offer bait to, persuade, prevail on, rope in, seduce, soft-soap, suck in, sweet-talk, tempt, toll, wheedle, woo