entice
verb /ɪnˈtaɪs/
/ɪnˈtaɪs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they entice | /ɪnˈtaɪs/ /ɪnˈtaɪs/ |
| he / she / it entices | /ɪnˈtaɪsɪz/ /ɪnˈtaɪsɪz/ |
| past simple enticed | /ɪnˈtaɪst/ /ɪnˈtaɪst/ |
| past participle enticed | /ɪnˈtaɪst/ /ɪnˈtaɪst/ |
| -ing form enticing | /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/ |
- to persuade somebody/something to go somewhere or to do something, usually by offering them something synonym persuade
- entice somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores.
- a plan to entice mothers back to work
- The animal refused to be enticed from its hole.
- entice somebody into doing something He was not enticed into parting with his cash.
- entice somebody to do something Try and entice the child to eat by offering small portions of their favourite food.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEntice is used with these nouns as the object:- buyer
- customer
- viewer
- …
Word OriginMiddle 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’.