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Enticement   /ɪntˈaɪsmənt/   Listen
Enticement

noun
1.
Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce.  Synonym: temptation.
2.
Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.  Synonyms: come-on, lure.
3.
The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire.  Synonym: temptation.






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"Enticement" Quotes from Famous Books



... her own room, laid her on her own bed, and did for her all one child of God could do for another. With hands tender as a mother's, and weeping as she had never wept before, she undressed her, put her in a warm bath, then got her into bed, and used every enticement and persuasion to induce her to take some nourishment—with poor success: the heart seemed to have gone out of her. But instinctively Amy asked for milk, and that brought her round better than anything ...
— Weighed and Wanting • George MacDonald

... into the former life and conversation of this woman, specially that we may discover whether she be one likely to use magical charms and spells, since the truths which we have heard may well incline us to suppose, that in this unhappy course our erring brother has been acted upon by some infernal enticement ...
— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott

... occupied with their mamma; and after this as the day continued bright, though cold, it was determined to put into effect the proposed stroll of yesterday. And first to the farm-yard, where the poultry-maid supplied them with corn: and with this enticement, the fowls and ducks were called together and numbered, and the various beauties of both enumerated. This speckled hen had been such a good mother, and a good handful of grain was tossed to her;—then the beautiful little bantam had been nursed in a stocking, and was ...
— Christmas, A Happy Time - A Tale, Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons • Miss Mant

... She was too proud and too just to make a foolish scene. If this was John's way and her little effort at enticement was a failure, she must put up with it. Marriage was a lottery she had always heard, and it might be her luck to have drawn a blank. So she choked down the rising emotion and answered brightly, showing interest in her husband's ...
— The Price of Things • Elinor Glyn



Words linked to "Enticement" :   attraction, allurement, leading astray, hook, temptation, influence, leading off, blandishment, forbidden fruit, entice, wheedling, lure, sweetener, bait, attractiveness, solicitation, come-on, seduction



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