entice

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɛnˈtaɪs/ UK /ɪnˈtaɪs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage

Low prices were used to entice new customers into the store.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to attract or tempt by... tempt lure allure attract seduce beguile coax

Opposites

repel deter discourage dissuade repulse

Word family

Derived forms enticemententicerenticingenticingly

Related forms enticement enticing

Simplified etymology

Entice comes from Old French enticier, probably based on a root meaning “set on fire” and altered from Latin titio, “firebrand.” Its early English senses included “incite” and “provoke to anger.”

Etymology

From Old French enticier ('to incite, provoke'), probably from Vulgar Latin *intitiare ('to set on fire'), from Latin in- + titio ('firebrand').

enticier Old French titio Latin

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# entice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɛnˈtaɪs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈtaɪs/

## Meanings
1. to attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage

## Examples
- Low prices were used to entice new customers into the store.

## Synonyms
- tempt
- lure
- allure
- attract
- seduce
- beguile
- coax

## Antonyms
- repel
- deter
- discourage
- dissuade
- repulse

## Derived Forms
- enticement
- enticer
- enticing
- enticingly

## Related Forms
- enticement
- enticing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: enticier
- Root: titio

## Etymology
From Old French enticier ('to incite, provoke'), probably from Vulgar Latin *intitiare ('to set on fire'), from Latin in- + titio ('firebrand').

## AI Etymology
Entice comes from Old French enticier ('to incite, provoke'), probably from Vulgar Latin *intitiare ('to set on fire'), from Latin in- + titio ('firebrand'). The etymological trail includes Old French enticier and Latin titio. As a verb, entice means to attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage. The same family is visible in derived forms such as enticement, enticer, enticing, and enticingly and related forms such as enticement and enticing. The wording should be read with that uncertainty intact: the proposed connection is plausible rather than absolute.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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