English > entice: 1 sense > verb 1, communicationMeaning | Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something |
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Model | They entice him to write the letter |
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Synonyms | lure, tempt |
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Narrower | bait | Lure, entice, or entrap with bait |
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call | Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal |
decoy | Lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy |
hook, snare | entice and trap |
lead on | entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken / mistaken |
seduce | Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct |
stool | Lure with a stool, as of wild fowl |
tweedle | entice through the use of music |
Broader | provoke, stimulate | Provide the needed stimulus for |
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Spanish | incitar, tentar |
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Catalan | incitar, seduir, temptar |
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Nouns | enticement | the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire |
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enticement | qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward |
enticement | something that seduces or has the quality to seduce |