Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to entice
Participle: enticed
Gerund: enticing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | entice |
| you | entice |
| he;she;it | entices |
| we | entice |
| you | entice |
| they | entice |
Perfect
| I | have enticed |
| you | have enticed |
| he;she;it | has enticed |
| we | have enticed |
| you | have enticed |
| they | have enticed |
Past
| I | enticed |
| you | enticed |
| he;she;it | enticed |
| we | enticed |
| you | enticed |
| they | enticed |
Pluperfect
| I | had enticed |
| you | had enticed |
| he;she;it | had enticed |
| we | had enticed |
| you | had enticed |
| they | had enticed |
Future
| I | will entice |
| you | will entice |
| he;she;it | will entice |
| we | will entice |
| you | will entice |
| they | will entice |
Future Perfect
| I | will have enticed |
| you | will have enticed |
| he;she;it | will have enticed |
| we | will have enticed |
| you | will have enticed |
| they | will have enticed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | entice |
| you | entice |
| he;she;it | entice |
| we | entice |
| you | entice |
| they | entice |
Perfect
| I | have enticed |
| you | have enticed |
| he;she;it | have enticed |
| we | have enticed |
| you | have enticed |
| they | have enticed |
Imperfect
| I | enticed |
| you | enticed |
| he;she;it | enticed |
| we | enticed |
| you | enticed |
| they | enticed |
Pluperfect
| I | had enticed |
| you | had enticed |
| he;she;it | had enticed |
| we | had enticed |
| you | had enticed |
| they | had enticed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would entice |
| you | would entice |
| he;she;it | would entice |
| we | would entice |
| you | would entice |
| they | would entice |
Perfect
| I | would have enticed |
| you | would have enticed |
| he;she;it | would have enticed |
| we | would have enticed |
| you | would have enticed |
| they | would have enticed |
Imperative
| you | entice |
| we | Let's entice |
| you | entice |
Verbs conjugated like 'entice'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'entice'
entise,
intice,
dentize,
enbibe,
encise,
encite,
endict,
endite,
enface,
enfire,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- lure
- allure, fascinate, attract, cajole, coax, decoy, excite, inveigle
Antonyms
- lure
- repel, repulse, disgust, revolt
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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”).
Verbs referencing "entice"
Scots
tice.
Sample Sentences
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I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
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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. [2012 March 26, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:]