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[ en-tahys-muhnt ] / ɛnˈtaɪs mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR enticement ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or practice of enticing, especially to evil. the state of being enticed. something that entices; allurement. Origin of enticement1275–1325; Middle English <Old French; see entice, -ment Words nearby enticemententhusiasm, enthusiast, enthusiastic, enthymeme, entice, enticement, entire, en tire-bouchon, entire function, entirely, entirety Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for enticementAtop the building, an unfinished roof deck awaits the enticement of a soon-to-be liquor license. Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors|Nina Strochlic|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST This was meant to be an enticement for Abbas to return to negotiations. Obama Meets Palestine’s Abbas in the Wild Wild West Bank|Eli Lake|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Thus, from the defense perspective, the enticement was likely the promise that the sentence imposed would be time served. How the West Memphis Three Got Out|Gerald L. Shargel|August 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST But the enticement of acquisition and discovery of novelty whilst there were not the governing influences in Balfour's excursion. Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
The Circean witchery and enticement is all on the part of the dog-germ, not in the inclination of the molecules. Life: Its True Genesis|R. W. Wright What earthly basis can there be for the enticement it holds out to him? The Unwilling Vestal|Edward Lucas White No enticement, even of a dog-friend or of a great bone, will induce this faithful servant to abandon his charge. He struggled against the enticement that lay in this peculiarity. The Goose Man|Jacob Wassermann
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