(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Something that ~s you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful.
Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could ~ an offender into further crime...
It is the fresh fruit that ~s me at this time of year...
Can I ~ you with a little puff pastry?...
The fact that she had become wealthy did not ~ her to alter her frugal way of life.
VERB: V n into n/-ing, V n, V n with n, V n to-inf
2.
If you ~ someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do.
...a million dollar marketing campaign to ~ American tourists back to Britain...
Don’t let credit ~ you to buy something you can’t afford...
She will be offering a package worth about 40 million dollars, to ~ the rebels into agreeing to disarm.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n to-inf, V n into -ing/n
3.
see also ~ed
4.
If someone says that something they say or do is ~ing fate or is ~ing providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end.
As soon as you start to talk about never having played on a losing side, it is ~ing fate.
PHRASE: V inflects