figurative. To draw, lead, entice, allure; to bring into some condition. Const. to.

figurative. To draw, attract, entice, allure (to some action, or to do something); = tee, v.1 2.

transitive. Chiefly with adverb or prepositional phrase expressing direction. To induce or influence (a person) to come to a place or join in a…

transitive. To attract, entice, allure, decoy; †to incite, instigate (obsolete).

transitive. To draw, attract, persuade; to entice, allure, coax; to win over.

transitive. To entice; to induce or attract by the offer of pleasure or advantage. Also absol.

To cause to come along with oneself; to fetch. It includes ‘lead’ or ‘conduct’ (French amener) as… as by an attractive force.

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…

with adverb or prep. (away, over; from, to, etc.).

To overcome the unwillingness or indifference of; with various shades of meaning: to attract, allure, entice; to prevail upon, persuade, induce…

To attract or incite to some action or to do something; to allure, entice, invite, attract; to dispose, incline. Sometimes, contextually, To…

transitive. To entice, lure, mislead. Obsolete.

To move or invite by alluring means; to entreat or solicit alluringly. (Said of persons, and… constructed with object and adverbial phrase (or…

To allure, entice, tempt.

transitive. To entice or induce into a mistake; to lead astray, deceive, take in; (with adverbial) to lure to a particular place or in a particular…

To attract or tempt by something advantageous, pleasurable, or flattering; to entice; to win over. transitive. to (also towards, etc.) a person, a…

transitive. To cause to come to a place or join in a venture by offering something of interest or advantage.

transitive. To allure, entice. Also intransitive.

transitive. To entice (a hawk) by a lure; hence figurative to draw on, entice; also absol.

To stir up, instigate, urge to a course of action; to gain over, allure, entice.

transitive. To entice, allure; to attract.

transitive. To allure, entice.

To draw, bring, or involve (a person) in, attract into, by alluring or enticing methods. Obsolete.

transitive. To deprive (a person, place, etc.) of the power to hurt or intimidate; to allay the suspicion, hostility, etc., of (a person), esp. by…

transitive and intransitive. Of a circumstance, obligation, feeling, etc.: to impel or draw (a person) to a particular place; (of an object, place…

figurative. transitive. To draw on as with a moving bait; to entice, allure. Obsolete.

? To attract by a bait; also figurative.

transitive. To attract or draw to or unto; to entice.

To entice, allure, lead on, tempt.

In weaker sense: To charm, delight, fascinate. Chiefly passive. Const. of, †on, †with.

To seek to win or attract (any one) to do something; to invite, allure, entice into, to, from, out of, etc. Cf. woo, v.1 4.

transitive. To allure with or as with a bait; to entice.

transitive. To cheat or swindle (a person) out of something; to dupe or lure (a person) into something unpleasant or undesirable (with the result…

transitive. = allure, v. 1.

transitive. To draw or attract as a magnet does; to fascinate or charm. Occasionally intransitive.

To lure, inveigle (into or to a place, course of action, etc., to do something, etc.).

Of things. To tempt, entice, allure; to attract or draw by enticement, etc. (Cf. 4.)

transitive. To call, summon, bring, or get by or as by whistling; †figurative to entice, allure.

To lead, allure, or entice (a person) on from one point to another (in time or action); and so = to put off (cf. 1).

To carry or draw mentally by influence or allurement; to entice, inveigle. Obsolete.

transitive. To allure, entice, persuade. rare.

transitive. To draw to; to entice, attract.

transitive. To show the way to (a person); to guide, direct; †hence, to direct or manage the affairs of, govern, rule (obsolete); also in modern…

transitive and intransitive. To invite, tempt, or entice (a person), esp. with an enticing or seductive look, word, etc. Cf. come-hither, n.