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enticeentice /ɪnˈtaɪs/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYenticeOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French enticier, from Latin titio large burning piece of wood VERB TABLEentice |
Present | I, you, we, they | entice | | he, she, it | entices | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | enticed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have enticed | | he, she, it | has enticed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had enticed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will entice | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have enticed |
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Present | I | am enticing | | he, she, it | is enticing | | you, we, they | are enticing | Past | I, he, she, it | was enticing | | you, we, they | were enticing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been enticing | | he, she, it | has been enticing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been enticing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be enticing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been enticing |
to persuade someone to do something by offering him or her something nice: entice somebody to do something His aunt tried to entice him to eat.entice somebody into/away from something low prices that will entice shoppers away from their favorite stores [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French enticier, from Latin titio large burning piece of wood]—enticement noun [countable, uncountable] |