MEANING
To draw someone toward an action through something tempting.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- entice a visitor
- entice into a purchase
On the page
The promise of a warm meal enticed them inside.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- entice
- Past tense
- enticed
- Past participle
- enticed
- Present participle
- enticing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- entice
- Present continuous
- am/is/are enticing
- Present perfect
- have/has enticed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been enticing
- Past
- enticed
- Past continuous
- was/were enticing
- Past perfect
- had enticed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been enticing
- Future
- will entice
- Future continuous
- will be enticing
- Future perfect
- will have enticed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been enticing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: entice; entices; enticed; enticed; enticing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: entices.
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