--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 20 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 20 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* To enslave people is to make them slaves: owned by others and forced to work without pay or freedom.[↗](../../enslave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To enslave someone is to control them so completely that they are not free, like a habit.[↗](../../enslave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, the Bible tells.[↗](../../enslave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Millions of Africans were enslaved and taken across the Atlantic.[↗](../../enslave/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Harriet Tubman helped enslaved people escape to freedom.[↗](../../enslave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is wrong to enslave anyone.[↗](../../enslave/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let video games enslave you.[↗](../../enslave/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Enslaved workers had no wages and no rights.[↗](../../enslave/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · From that hour he found that instead of obtaining revenge on the Stag, he had enslaved himself to the service of man.[↗](../../enslave/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ensnare** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To ensnare an animal is to catch it in a snare or trap.[↗](../../ensnare/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To ensnare a person is to trick them into a bad situation they cannot easily get out of.[↗](../../ensnare/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The spider's web ensnared a fly.[↗](../../ensnare/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbit was ensnared by a wire trap.[↗](../../ensnare/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scammers try to ensnare people with fake prizes.[↗](../../ensnare/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero was ensnared by the villain's lies.[↗](../../ensnare/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The net ensnared the fish.[↗](../../ensnare/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sticky plant ensnares insects.[↗](../../ensnare/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets.[↗](../../ensnare/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.[↗](../../ensnare/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ensnare/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.[↗](../../ensnare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ensnare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ensue** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To happen after something and because of it; to follow as a result.[↗](../../ensue/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To come next in time.[↗](../../ensue/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog got into the kitchen and chaos ensued.[↗](../../ensue/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When the lights went out, panic ensued.[↗](../../ensue/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A long argument ensued over who had won.[↗](../../ensue/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hilarity ensued when the teacher slipped on the banana skin.[↗](../../ensue/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm hit and floods ensued.[↗](../../ensue/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Describe the events that ensued after the king's death.[↗](../../ensue/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A chase ensued through the market.[↗](../../ensue/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · To enter the city was now an easy matter, and a fearful slaughter ensued.[↗](../../ensue/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ensuing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Coming after something, usually as its result.[↗](../../ensuing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Next, following in time («the ensuing days»).[↗](../../ensuing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the ensuing chaos, nobody noticed the cat escape.[↗](../../ensuing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ensuing storm kept us indoors all weekend.[↗](../../ensuing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · During the ensuing weeks, the puppy grew fast.[↗](../../ensuing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ensuing argument lasted an hour.[↗](../../ensuing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people were hurt in the ensuing panic.[↗](../../ensuing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ensuing silence was broken by a sneeze.[↗](../../ensuing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ensure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To ensure means to make certain that something happens or is true.[↗](../../ensure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "please ensure the door is locked".[↗](../../ensure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Ensure is common in instructions and exam papers.[↗](../../ensure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "ensure your name is on every page".[↗](../../ensure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please ensure you have a pencil and a ruler.[↗](../../ensure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ensure your name is written at the top of the paper.[↗](../../ensure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We washed our hands to ensure they were clean.[↗](../../ensure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard ensures that everyone is safe.[↗](../../ensure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hard practice ensured our team's win.[↗](../../ensure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ensure that the lid is on tight before shaking.[↗](../../ensure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your answer to ensure it makes sense.[↗](../../ensure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The best intentions will not always ensure success.[↗](../../ensure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal.[↗](../../ensure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ensure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **entail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To include or need something as a necessary part or result: «The job entails a lot of travel».[↗](../../entail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (logic) If A entails B, then whenever A is true, B must also be true.[↗](../../entail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, law, old) A rule that property must pass down to certain heirs, often eldest sons, as in old English novels.[↗](../../entail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What does being class monitor entail?[↗](../../entail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Owning a dog entails walking it every day.[↗](../../entail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip will entail an early start.[↗](../../entail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Building the shed entailed a lot of work.[↗](../../entail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If a number ends in 0, that entails it can be divided by 10.[↗](../../entail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was entailed, so it went to a cousin, not the daughters.[↗](../../entail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **entangle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To catch something in a tangle of string, net, rope, hair or wire so it cannot get free.[↗](../../entangle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To twist things together in a mess.[↗](../../entangle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To get someone involved in a difficult or messy situation.[↗](../../entangle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The turtle became entangled in an old fishing net.[↗](../../entangle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let the kite string entangle the branches.[↗](../../entangle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My headphone wires always entangle in my bag.[↗](../../entangle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fly was entangled in the spider's web.[↗](../../entangle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut plastic rings so birds cannot get entangled in them.[↗](../../entangle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He didn't want to entangle himself in their argument.[↗](../../entangle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The vines entangle the old fence.[↗](../../entangle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.[↗](../../entangle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../entangle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of war; and they move on every one in his ways, and they entangle not their paths.[↗](../../entangle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../entangle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **entangled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Caught and twisted up in string, rope, nets, hair or plants so it cannot move freely.[↗](../../entangled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Twisted together in a messy knot.[↗](../../entangled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mixed up in a difficult situation, problem or relationship.[↗](../../entangled/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bird was entangled in fishing line.[↗](../../entangled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My hair got entangled in the zip.[↗](../../entangled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rescuers freed the entangled whale.[↗](../../entangled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The roots were entangled under the ground.[↗](../../entangled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She got entangled in a quarrel between her friends.[↗](../../entangled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His shoelaces were entangled in the bike chain.[↗](../../entangled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The kittens rolled about, entangled in the wool.[↗](../../entangled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This one had been caught by hounds when his tail had become entangled in the hedge.[↗](../../entangled/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.[↗](../../entangled/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../entangled/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **entanglement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An entanglement is when things are twisted and caught together, like string, nets or wire.[↗](../../entanglement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An entanglement is a difficult or confusing situation or relationship you are caught up in.[↗](../../entanglement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Quantum entanglement is a strange link between tiny particles studied by physicists.[↗](../../entanglement/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plastic rings can cause entanglement of seabirds.[↗](../../entanglement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The diver freed the turtle from its entanglement in the net.[↗](../../entanglement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our kite strings ended up in a big entanglement.[↗](../../entanglement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers crawled under barbed-wire entanglements.[↗](../../entanglement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He wanted no entanglement in their argument.[↗](../../entanglement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Quantum entanglement puzzles even scientists.[↗](../../entanglement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **enter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To enter means to go or come into a place.[↗](../../enter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To enter a competition or race means to take part in it.[↗](../../enter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To enter information means to type or write it in, like entering a password.[↗](../../enter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The Enter key is the key on a keyboard you press to send or confirm.[↗](../../enter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please knock before you enter.[↗](../../enter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher entered the classroom.[↗](../../enter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I entered the drawing competition and won\![↗](../../enter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Enter your name in the box.[↗](../../enter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Press Enter to start the game.[↗](../../enter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Do not enter» means you must not go in.[↗](../../enter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Enter the numbers into the calculator.[↗](../../enter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never enter a building site; it is dangerous.[↗](../../enter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They opened the door, and entered together.[↗](../../enter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.[↗](../../enter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.[↗](../../enter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assembly of the LORD.[↗](../../enter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?[↗](../../enter/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enter/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.[↗](../../enter/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enter/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.[↗](../../enter/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enter/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **entereth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «entereth» means «enters», a form of «enter».[↗](../../entereth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To enter means to go or come into a place.[↗](../../entereth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.[↗](../../entereth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.4.30, JPS 1917) **enterprise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A business or company.[↗](../../enterprise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A big, new or bold plan or project.[↗](../../enterprise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being willing to try new things and work hard to make them happen; get-up-and-go.[↗](../../enterprise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class ran a mini enterprise selling bookmarks.[↗](../../enterprise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery is a family enterprise.[↗](../../enterprise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbing the mountain was a risky enterprise.[↗](../../enterprise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He showed real enterprise by starting a dog-walking service.[↗](../../enterprise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Enterprise week starts on Monday.[↗](../../enterprise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new enterprise employs twenty people.[↗](../../enterprise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Building a treehouse was a joint enterprise between the cousins.[↗](../../enterprise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus the boldest part of my enterprise remained.[↗](../../enterprise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When people learned of their existence, they all left the original artisan and went to them, honoring them, and negotiating with them in their building enterprises " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../enterprise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **entertain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To entertain people is to amuse them and keep them interested, for example with a show, a joke or a game.[↗](../../entertain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To entertain guests is to invite them and give them food and drink.[↗](../../entertain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To entertain an idea is to think about it seriously.[↗](../../entertain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To entertain an feeling, such as hatred or dislike, means to keep it in your mind.[↗](../../entertain/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clown entertained the children with tricks.[↗](../../entertain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum and Dad love to entertain friends at weekends.[↗](../../entertain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you entertain your brother while I cook?[↗](../../entertain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy kept us entertained for hours.[↗](../../entertain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The street musician entertained the crowd.[↗](../../entertain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Books can entertain us and teach us too.[↗](../../entertain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She would not entertain the idea of giving up.[↗](../../entertain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is there that entertains enmity against you?"[↗](../../entertain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **entertainment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Entertainment is things that people enjoy watching or doing for fun, like films, shows, music, games and sport.[↗](../../entertainment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Entertainment is the act of amusing people.[↗](../../entertainment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clown provided the entertainment at the party.[↗](../../entertainment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What do you do for entertainment on rainy days?[↗](../../entertainment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Television is a kind of entertainment.[↗](../../entertainment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school fair had food, games and entertainment.[↗](../../entertainment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For entertainment, we played charades.[↗](../../entertainment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was great entertainment for the whole family.[↗](../../entertainment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some videos look like news but are just entertainment.[↗](../../entertainment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Every day was a festival; balls and entertainments followed one another.[↗](../../entertainment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **enthrone** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To place a king on a throne, or to treat someone as ruler.[↗](../../enthrone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* May he be enthroned before God for ever\![↗](../../enthrone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.61.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enthrone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is like unto the LORD our God, that is enthroned on high, (Writings PSA.113.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enthrone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · But the LORD is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.[↗](../../enthrone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.9.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enthrone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **enthusiasm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Enthusiasm is a strong feeling of excitement and interest in something, and wanting to do it.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An enthusiasm (countable) is a hobby or interest that you love: «Dinosaurs are his great enthusiasm».[↗](../../enthusiasm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She joined the choir with great enthusiasm.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The class showed lots of enthusiasm for the science project.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His enthusiasm for football never fades.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the rain started, we lost our enthusiasm for the picnic.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher's enthusiasm made maths fun.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Painting is one of Grandad's many enthusiasms.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd cheered with enthusiasm.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The eyes of Theseus glowed with enthusiasm, and he would hardly sit still to hear his mother speak.[↗](../../enthusiasm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **enthusiast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An enthusiast is a person who is very keen on something and loves doing it.[↗](../../enthusiast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother is a keen chess enthusiast.[↗](../../enthusiast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher is an enthusiast for maths games.[↗](../../enthusiast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The young enthusiast read every book about dinosaurs.[↗](../../enthusiast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was an enthusiast for trains from the age of five.[↗](../../enthusiast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **enthusiastic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Enthusiastic means very interested, excited and keen about something.[↗](../../enthusiastic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Showing lots of energy and happiness when doing something.[↗](../../enthusiastic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class was enthusiastic about the trip to the zoo.[↗](../../enthusiastic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is an enthusiastic reader.[↗](../../enthusiastic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd gave an enthusiastic cheer.[↗](../../enthusiastic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog is very enthusiastic when I come home.[↗](../../enthusiastic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He wasn't very enthusiastic about tidying his room.[↗](../../enthusiastic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach praised the enthusiastic team.[↗](../../enthusiastic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **enthusiastically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If you do something enthusiastically, you do it with excitement, eagerness and lots of energy.[↗](../../enthusiastically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can also mean warmly and strongly in favour: «The plan was enthusiastically received».[↗](../../enthusiastically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children clapped enthusiastically after the play.[↗](../../enthusiastically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He nodded enthusiastically when asked if he wanted cake.[↗](../../enthusiastically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She takes part enthusiastically in every PE lesson.[↗](../../enthusiastically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new playground was enthusiastically welcomed.[↗](../../enthusiastically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog wagged its tail enthusiastically.[↗](../../enthusiastically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They enthusiastically cleaned the beach all morning.[↗](../../enthusiastically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Goll spoke to him across the table enthusiastically.[↗](../../enthusiastically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **entice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To entice someone is to get them to come or do something by offering them something nice or tempting.[↗](../../entice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox enticed the hen with a bag of corn.[↗](../../entice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sweets can entice children into the shop.[↗](../../entice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She tried to entice the cat with a saucer of milk.[↗](../../entice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The singing enticed the sailors into the sea.[↗](../../entice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.[↗](../../entice/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../entice/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.[↗](../../entice/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../entice/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand; (Writings JOB.31.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../entice/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.[↗](../../entice/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.22.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../entice/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/19/) **20** [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/21/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 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