entice

 
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtʌɪs, ɛn-/

verb

[with object]
  • attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage: a show which should entice a new audience into the theatre [with object and infinitive]: the treat is offered to entice the dog to eat

Derivatives

enticer

noun

Origin:

Middle English (also in the sense 'incite, provoke'; formerly also as intice): from Old French enticier, probably from a base meaning 'set on fire', based on an alteration of Latin titio 'firebrand'