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Entice

//ɪnˈtaɪs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. transitive

    "I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey."

  2. 2
    provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).

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