entice
pronunciation
How to pronounce entice in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtaɪs]
How to pronounce entice in American English:
US [ɪnˈtaɪs]
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- Verb:
- provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
Word Origin
- entice
- entice: [13] Entice is an inflammatory sort of word. It comes ultimately from Latin tītiō ‘firebrand’, which was used, with the prefix in- ‘in’, to form the Vulgar Latin verb *intītiāre ‘set on fire’. This passed into English via Old French enticier, and originally retained much of the heat and vigour of its origins: ‘Your master is enticed and provoked by the Duke of Burgundy’, Richard Grafton, Chronicles of the Affairs of England 1568; but by the 17th century the process of softening from ‘incitement’ to ‘allurement’ was all but complete.
- entice (v.)
- late 13c., intice, from Old French enticier "to stir up (fire), to excite, incite," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *intitiare "set on fire," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + titio (genitive titionis) "firebrand," which is of uncertain origin. Meaning "to allure, attract" is from c. 1300. Related: Enticed; enticing; enticingly.
Example
- 1. He explained this when the borgata tried to entice him back .
- 2. Jack holds the man 's medicine to entice him into revealing more information .
- 3. The russians may be harder to entice .
- 4. Alexandra is one modern-day swede who managed to entice her partner to give up the beaches of southeast asia for the snow-filled streets of sweden .
- 5. For many women no amount of money would ever entice them into prostitution .