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Definition of entice

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Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..

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Lure :: Lure (n.) To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract..

Tyrociny :: Tyrociny (n.) The state of being a tyro, or beginner; apprenticeship..

Inveigle :: Inveigle (v. t.) To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.

Wheedle :: Wheedle (v. t.) To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.

Lenticellate :: Lenticellate (a.) Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.

Apprenticeship :: Apprenticeship (n.) The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement..

Seduction :: Seduction (n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity..

Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.

Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause..

Enticeable :: Enticeable (a.) Capable of being enticed.

Indenture :: Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master..

Angler :: Angler (n.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc..

Temptress :: Temptress (n.) A woman who entices.

Inveiglement :: Inveiglement (n.) The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy..

Lenticel :: Lenticel (n.) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves..

Apprentice :: Apprentice (n.) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant..

Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..

Article :: Article (n.) To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic..

Allectation :: Allectation (n.) Enticement; allurement.