/ ɪnˈtaɪs; NAmE / verb
[usually + adv. / prep. ] entice sb (into doing sth) to persuade sb/sth to go somewhere or to do sth, usually by offering them sth
SYN persuade :
[ vn ]
The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores.
The animal refused to be enticed from its hole.
[ vn to inf ]
Try and entice the child to eat by offering small portions of their favourite food.
► en·tice·ment noun [ C , U ]:
The party is offering low taxation as its main enticement.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (also in the sense incite, provoke ; formerly also as intice ): from Old French enticier , probably from a base meaning set on fire, based on an alteration of Latin titio firebrand.