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enticement

[ en-tahys-muh nt ]

/ ɛnˈtaɪs mənt /

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noun

the act or practice of enticing, especially to evil.

the state of being enticed.

something that entices; allurement.

Origin of enticement

1275–1325; Middle English < Old French; see entice, -ment

Words nearby enticement

enthusiast, enthusiastic, enthymeme, entia, entice, enticement, entire, entire function, entirely, entirety, entisol

Example sentences from the Web for enticement

Atop the building, an unfinished roof deck awaits the enticement of a soon-to-be liquor license.

Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors |Nina Strochlic |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This was meant to be an enticement for Abbas to return to negotiations.

Obama Meets Palestine’s Abbas in the Wild Wild West Bank |Eli Lake |March 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Thus, from the defense perspective, the enticement was likely the promise that the sentence imposed would be time served.

How the West Memphis Three Got Out |Gerald L. Shargel |August 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
But the enticement of acquisition and discovery of novelty whilst there were not the governing influences in Balfour's excursion.

Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists |Various

The Circean witchery and enticement is all on the part of the dog-germ, not in the inclination of the molecules.

Life: Its True Genesis |R. W. Wright
What earthly basis can there be for the enticement it holds out to him?

The Unwilling Vestal |Edward Lucas White
No enticement, even of a dog-friend or of a great bone, will induce this faithful servant to abandon his charge.

Heads and Tales |Various
He struggled against the enticement that lay in this peculiarity.

The Goose Man |Jacob Wassermann