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The Meaning of entice

  • (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen.

Synonyms

allure , invite , influence , tempt , lure , charm , attract , captivate , decoy , cajole , coax , draw , inveigle , seduce , win , provoke , stimulate

Antonyms

chill , damp , deter , dissuade , drive away , repel , warn

Rhymes

advice , allspice , berneice , bice , brice , bryce , buysse , concise , deiss , device , devise , deweiss , dice , dise , dyce , edelweiss , excise , feis , fleiss , fordyce , geise , gneiss , grice , guice , heise , heiss , hice , ice , imprecise , kies , kleiss , kreiss , lice , meiss , mice , midprice , misprice , nice , nyce , overprice , paradise , precise , preiss , price , pryce , reiss , reprice , rice , sacrifice , slice , spice , splice , stice , suffice , theiss , thrice , tice , trice , twice , tyce , underprice , vice , vise , weis , weiss , weisse , wice , wrice , zeiss