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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entice/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entice/#x1)
- Sweets can entice children into the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entice/#x2)
- She tried to entice the cat with a saucer of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entice/#x3)
- The singing enticed the sailors into the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entice/#x4)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.822/)
- [And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.824/)
- [And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.827/)
- [My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.9/)
- [With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.197/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «entice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.