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entise

entise is the obsolete spelling of entice.

Meaning of entice

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.
    • I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

Forms of entise

third-person singular presententises
present participleentising
past participleentised
pastentised

Questions about entise

What is entise the obsolete spelling of?
Entise is the obsolete spelling of entice.

Words near entise in the dictionary

  1. entirely
  2. entireness
  3. entires
  4. entireties
  5. entirety
  6. entise
  7. entised
  8. entises
  9. entisol
  10. entisols
  11. entitative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entise (page history and authors); entice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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