entice

Betekenis (Engels)

To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɪnˈtaɪs/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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”).

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