Entice Meaning
/ɪnˈtaɪs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
Sentence Examples
He hopes to entice her into doing what he wants.
He is hoping to entice her into doing what he wants.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The bakery's fresh bread aroma will ____ customers to enter the shop.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The bakery used the smell of fresh bread to ____ customers into the shop.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight."
— 2012 March 26, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The bakery's fresh bread aroma will ____ customers to enter the shop.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The bakery used the smell of fresh bread to ____ customers into the shop.