Definition of entice

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Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..

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Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant..
Enticeable :: Enticeable (a.) Capable of being enticed.
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy..
Indenture :: Indenture (v. t.) To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice..
Schoolship :: Schoolship (n.) A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners..
Cord :: Cord (n.) Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity..
Turnover :: Turnover (n.) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time..
Invitation :: Invitation (n.) Allurement; enticement.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce..
Allect :: Allect (v. t.) To allure; to entice.
Elicit :: Elicit (v. t.) To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion..
Lenticel :: Lenticel (n.) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves..
Shrape :: Shrape (n.) A place baited with chaff to entice birds.
Lenticel :: Lenticel (n.) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth..
Lenticula :: Lenticula (n.) A lenticel.
Apprenticehood :: Apprenticehood (n.) Apprenticeship.
Temptation :: Temptation (n.) The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil..
Cowan :: Cowan (n.) One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship.
Lenticellate :: Lenticellate (a.) Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.
Leer :: Leer (v. t.) To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin..
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