Definition of Enticing

1. Adjective. Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire. "A tempting invitation"

Exact synonyms: Alluring, Beguiling, Tempting
Similar to: Seductive
Derivative terms: Temptingness

Definition of Enticing

1. a. That entices; alluring.

Definition of Enticing

1. Adjective. That entices; alluring; attracting; charming. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of entice) ¹

3. Noun. enticement; temptation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enticing

1. entice [v] - See also: entice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enticing

enthusing
enthymematic
enthymeme
enthymemes
enthymemic
entia
entice
enticeable
enticed
enticement
enticements
enticer
enticers
entices
enticeth
enticing (current term)
enticingly
enticingness
enticings
entier
entierly
entierties
entierty
entification
entifications
entire
entire function
entire functions
entire leaf
entirely

Literary usage of Enticing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Torts by Melville Madison Bigelow (1908)
"enticing AWAY CHILDREN. It is doubtful whether any action lies by a parent for the mere enticing away of his minor daughter (or son), ..."

2. Handbook on the Law of Persons and Domestic Relations by Walter Checkley Tiffany (1921)
"ACTIONS FOR enticing, HARBORING, OR ALIENATION OF AFFECTION 45. A husband has a right of action for damages against any one who entices away or harbors his ..."

3. Leading Cases on the Law of Torts Determined by the Courts of America and by Melville Madison Bigelow (1875)
"Note on enticing away and on seducing Wife. enticing wife away from hushand. Seduction of wife. Proof of marriage. MARTIN v. PAYNE. (9 Johns. 387. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Torts in Obligations Arising from Civil Wrongs in by Frederick Pollock, James Avery Webb (1894)
"enticing away servants. An action also lay for enticing away a servant (that ... enticing away servants. It Is an actionable wrong to wilfully entice from ..."

5. New Cases: Selected Chiefly from Decisions of the Courts of the State of New by Austin Abbott, James MacGregor Smith (1892)
"NOTE ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN AN ACTION FOR enticing AWAY AND HARBORING A WIFE OR ... This might be a case of enticing away and harboring (see Barnes v. ..."

6. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1894)
"An action lies for enticing away an agricultural laborer employed upon an agreement for a part of the crop made, for his compensation: Huf v. ..."

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