Word:
Entice
Status:
Verb(transitive)
Meaning:
To attract someone by offering something that is appealing or interesting.
Sentences:
1) Every commercial seemed to be of some tempting snack, specifically designed to entice me from my diet.
2) The book's cover enticed me into buying the copy.
Origin:
Middle English, from Anglo-French enticer, from Vulgar Latin intitiare, from Latin in- + titio.
First use:
14th century
Synonyms:
allure, bait, beguile, lure, attract
Antonyms:
unattractive, uninteresting.
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