Entice

Origin

From Old French enticier < Vulgar Latin *intitiāre < Latin titiō.

Full definition of entice

Verb

1. (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
• 2012-03, w, Pixels or Perish, Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.
2. I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

Related terms

• enticement
• enticing