ENTICEMENT: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | en'tIsmunt
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- [n] the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"
- [n] qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- [n] something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
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| | Synonyms: | | come-on, lure, temptation, temptation |
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| | See Also: | | allurement, allurement, attraction, attractiveness, bait, blandishment, come-on, forbidden fruit, hook, influence, influence, leading astray, leading off, lure, seduction, solicitation, sweetener, wheedling | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*tice"ment\, n. [OF. enticement.]
1. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the
enticements of evil companions.
2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of
allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.
Syn: Allurement; attraction; temptation; seduction;
inveiglement; persuasion; inducement.
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| | Related Terms: | | agacerie, allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, bait, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment, blandishment, cajolery, captivation, charisma, charm, charmingness, coaxing, come-hither, come-on, decoy, enchantment, enthrallment, entrapment, fascination, flirtation, forbidden fruit, glamour, inducement, interest, inveiglement, invitation, lure, magnetism, persuasion, seducement, seduction, seductiveness, sex appeal, snare, snaring, soft soap, tantalization, temptation, trap, wheedling, winning ways, winsomeness, witchery, wooing |
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