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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈtaɪs/ Audio: en-ca-entice.oga Forms: entices [present, singular, third-person], enticing [participle, present], enticed [participle, past], enticed [past]
Rhymes: -aɪs Etymology: From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enticen}} Middle English enticen, {{der|en|fro|enticier||to stir up or excite}} Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), {{der|en|VL.||*intitiāre|I set on fire}} Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), {{affix|la|in-|titiō|id1=in|nocat=1|t2=firebrand (tool)}} in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*tītjō||heating}} Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*teih₁-||to become hot, melt or to end}} Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} entice (third-person singular simple present entices, present participle enticing, simple past and past participle enticed)
  1. (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. Tags: transitive Related terms: enticement, enticing, beguile, tempt, seduce Translations (to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope): δελεάζω (deleázō) (Ancient Greek), примамвам (primamvam) (Bulgarian), съблазнявам (sǎblaznjavam) (Bulgarian), yimmichi (Chickasaw), 誘惑 (Chinese Mandarin), 诱惑 (yòuhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), obloudit [perfective] (Czech), aantrekken (Dutch), meelitama (Estonian), houkutella (Finnish), appâter (French), attirer (French), locken (German), verführen (German), לפתות (Hebrew), csábítani (Hungarian), attrarre (Italian), tentare (Italian), allettare (Italian), adescare (Italian), 誘惑する (yūwaku suru) (alt: ゆうわくする) (Japanese), pelliciō (Latin), allectō (Latin), വശീകരിക്കുക (vaśīkarikkuka) (Malayalam), ngore (Maori), poapoa (Maori), tāruru (Maori), tīmori (Maori), abbéncere (Neapolitan), affatturà (Neapolitan), tentà (Neapolitan), escar (Occitan), atraire (Occitan), tentar (Occitan), incitar (Occitan), nęcić [imperfective] (Polish), kusić [imperfective] (Polish), wabić [imperfective] (Polish), mamić [imperfective] (Polish), zachęcać [imperfective] (Polish), zachęcić [perfective] (Polish), incitar (Portuguese), tentar (Portuguese), atiçar (Portuguese), прима́нивать (primánivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), соблазня́ть (soblaznjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), завлека́ть (zavlekátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), incitar (Spanish), tentar (Spanish), engolosinar (Spanish), locka (Swedish), stimulera (Swedish), förmå (Swedish), cezbetmek (Turkish), ayartmak (Turkish)

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          "word": "yimmichi"
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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          "word": "meelitama"
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          "word": "houkutella"
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "appâter"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "attirer"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "locken"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "verführen"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "deleázō",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "δελεάζω"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "לפתות"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "csábítani"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "attrarre"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "tentare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "allettare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "adescare"
        },
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          "alt": "ゆうわくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūwaku suru",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "誘惑する"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "pelliciō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "allectō"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vaśīkarikkuka",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "വശീകരിക്കുക"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "ngore"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "poapoa"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "tāruru"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "tīmori"
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          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "abbéncere"
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        {
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "affatturà"
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        {
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "tentà"
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "escar"
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "incitar"
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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          "word": "kusić"
        },
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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          "word": "wabić"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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          "word": "mamić"
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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          "word": "zachęcać"
        },
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        {
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "incitar"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "tentar"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "atiçar"
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          "roman": "primánivatʹ",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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          "word": "прима́нивать"
        },
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          "roman": "soblaznjátʹ",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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          "word": "соблазня́ть"
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          "roman": "zavlekátʹ",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "завлека́ть"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "incitar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "tentar"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "engolosinar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "locka"
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "stimulera"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "förmå"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
          "word": "cezbetmek"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*intitiāre",
        "5": "I set on fire"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "in-",
        "3": "titiō",
        "id1": "in",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t2": "firebrand (tool)"
      },
      "expansion": "in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”)",
      "name": "affix"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*tītjō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "heating"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*teih₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to become hot, melt or to end"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enticing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enticed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "enticed",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "enticement"
    },
    {
      "word": "enticing"
    },
    {
      "word": "beguile"
    },
    {
      "word": "tempt"
    },
    {
      "word": "seduce"
    }
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        "Rhymes:English/aɪs/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Chickasaw translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Neapolitan translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 5, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 2013-02-19, page 106:",
          "text": "Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lure",
          "lure"
        ],
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈtaɪs/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/En-ca-entice.oga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪs"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "primamvam",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "примамвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎblaznjavam",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "съблазнявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cic",
      "lang": "Chickasaw",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "yimmichi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "誘惑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yòuhuò",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "诱惑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obloudit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "aantrekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "meelitama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "houkutella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "appâter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "attirer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "locken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "verführen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "deleázō",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "δελεάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "לפתות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "csábítani"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "attrarre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "tentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "allettare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "adescare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうわくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūwaku suru",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "誘惑する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "pelliciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "allectō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vaśīkarikkuka",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "വശീകരിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "ngore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "poapoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "tāruru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "tīmori"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "abbéncere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "affatturà"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "tentà"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "escar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "atraire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "tentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nęcić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kusić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wabić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mamić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zachęcać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zachęcić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "tentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "atiçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primánivatʹ",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прима́нивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soblaznjátʹ",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "соблазня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavlekátʹ",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "завлека́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "tentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "engolosinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "locka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "stimulera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "förmå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "cezbetmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope",
      "word": "ayartmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "entice"
}

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