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entice, v.|ɛnˈtaɪs|
Forms: α. 3–6 entyce, -tyse, 4–7 entise, (4 entythe, 7 entize,) 4– entice. β. 4 intisce, 5–6 intyce, 6–7 intise, 5–8 intice.
[a. OF. enticier (in ONF. enticher) = sense 1; the etymological sense was prob. ‘to set on fire, add fuel to (a fire)’; app. repr. Lat. type *intitiāre, f. in- (see in-) + *titi-us (class. L. titio) firebrand. Cf. attice (of which this is a parallel form) and tice; for the development of sense cf. embrace v.3]
†1. trans. To stir up, incite, instigate (to a course of action); also to provoke (to anger). Obs.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 235 Edelfred..He entyced and oþer kynges..Þat hii wende to Walys. c1315Shoreham 114 Glotonye entythyth [? read entychyth, entyssyth; rime norysseth] To lecherye her. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1136 Þou dryȝtyn dyspleses with dedes ful sore, & entyses hym to tene more trayþly þen euer. a1400Chester Pl. (1843–7) 207 When he intisced hym through his read. a1400Morte Arth. 307 To entyce the Emperour to take overe the mounttes. 1538Bale Thre Lawes 1998 Therein to do as ye shall me entyce. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 720 Your maister, is..entised and provoked by the Duke of Burgoyn. 1628Hobbes Thucyd. (1822) 62 Not suffering the Athenians to give them the least way but enticing them to the war.
2. To allure, attract by the offer of pleasure or advantage; esp. to allure insidiously or adroitly. Often const. from, to (a course of conduct, a place). Also with away, in.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1503 Ȝyf þou..entycedest any fro relygyoun, Gostly þou mayst hym slo. 1401Pol. Poems (1859) II. 33 What charity is this..to intice him to be buried among you from his parish church. 1550Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI, c. 16 §13 If..the father..steale, or intise away any such child. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 187 [Bees]..entised with these newe flowres..feed..greedilie. 1607Dekker Westw. Hoe Wks. 1873 II. 306 Intist from mine owne Paradice, To steale fruit in a barren wildernes. 1648Gage West. Ind. xix. (1655) 144 Those that keep the Bodegones..will commonly intice in the Indians, and make them drunk. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 209 Beer mingled with Honey, to entice the Wasps. 1706Addison Rosamond iii. iii, That no foul minister of vice Again my sinking soul intice. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. vi. 348 We could not entice them on board. 1786H. Tooke Purley Introd. 6, I shall not be at all inticed by them to take upon my shoulders a burthen. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. (1810) 31 No curious shell, rare plant..Inticed our traveller, from his home, so far. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton xxv. 343 My Lady strove to entice him into the general talk. 1880T. A. Spalding Eliz. Demonol. 22 The most successful method of enticing stragglers into its folds.
†b. transf. To attract physically. nonce-use.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iii. 76 It would not intice it [the Needle] from A to B, but repell it from A to Z.
†3. [? A distinct word, a. OF. entechier: see entach.] ? To catch (an infection or stain). Obs.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 3436 How tender hit is to entyse teches of fylþe.
Hence † enˈticeable a., Obs., in 7 intiseable, fitted to entice, seductive. † enˈticeful a., Obs. rare, enticing, full of enticement.
1607Exam. Geo. Blakwel 156 Intiseable perswasions of mens alluring reasons. 1556T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer ii. (1561) L b, Women enticefull past shame. |