entice

«entice» in Mova's school dictionary: to get them to come or do something by offering them… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (entice, entices, enticed, enticing)

meaning for a pupil

To entice someone is to get them to come or do something by offering them something nice or tempting. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a witch, a sea nymph or a fox tempts a person away with sweets, songs or gold

examples

• The fox enticed the hen with a bag of corn. tree →
• Sweets can entice children into the shop. tree →
• She tried to entice the cat with a saucer of milk. tree →
• The singing enticed the sailors into the sea. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And the LORD said: Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead.
• And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.
• And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.
• My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
• With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «entice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.