Crossword clues for enticed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Entice \En*tice"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enticing.] [OE. entisen, enticen, OF. enticier, entichier; pref. en- (L. in) + a word of uncertain origin, cf. OF. atisier to stir a fire, provoke, L. titio firebrand, or MHG. zicken to push.] 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.
Roses blushing as they blow,
And enticing men to pull.
--Beau. & Fl.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
--Prov. i. 10.
Go, and thine erring brother gain,
Entice him home to be forgiven.
--Keble.
Syn: To allure; lure; coax; decoy; seduce; tempt; inveigle; incite; persuade; prevail on. See Allure.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: entice)
Usage examples of "enticed".
Having enticed the brawn away, they assumed the ship was grounded, impotent, and they could take their time forcing Kira to accede to their designs on the embryos.
During the days she prodded, cajoled and enticed her students toward knowledge.
Jamas remarked when he saw special feeding stations erected well away from the cathedral plaza so that pigeons would be enticed from their usual haunts and not soil the wedding crowds.
I am not at all pleased to learn that you enticed other companies and individuals to move in where I believed I had been guaranteed a monopoly on such resources, poor and insufficient as they appear to be.
He'd already enticed some of the best-trained people from Landing once the Great Bang had been accomplished, supposedly ridding the planet of Threadfall forever.
His fingers combed through the dark curls that had so enticed him before, making her body jerk in anticipation.
Slowly he circled her nipples with his thumbs and enticed them to hardness.
She felt enticed rather than coerced, and his taste was filling her senses.
Allison had been enticed, with one of the red suckers as bait, back into Sherry’s arms, where she was engrossed with turning the cellophane-wrapped candy around and around, trying to find access.
Others—taking the seeming of fair women and comely men— enticed the venturesome away, some into permanent exile, others into visits from which they returned so bemused and bewildered that never again did they fit into human life, but went wandering, seeking that which remained ever hidden from them until their longing ate them into death.
He lingered, he probed, he caressed, and he enticed until finally, he drew a response from my reluctant lips and body.
Every delicious temptation that had enticed her mama to give herself over to wickedness and self-indulgence.
The arch of her spine enticed the expensive silk to cling to her generous curves.