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Word entry · 6 letters

entice

Best crossword clue

"Tempt inward"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈtaɪs/Part of speech verbSorted ceeintStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

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

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