[f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who, or that which, entices; † an instigator (obs.); a seducer, tempter.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Pers. T., ¶ 943. If that another man be occasioun or ellis enticer of his synne.
c. 1500. Hye Way to Spytal H., 833, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 60. Applesquyers, entycers, and ravysshers.
1583. Babington, Commandm., vii. Wks. (1637), 58. The eye is a vehement inticer unto lust.
1640. Bp. Reynolds, Passions, xvi. 173. Rarity is a marveilous Lenocinium, and inticer of Desire.
a. 1703. Burkitt, On N. T., Matt. xxvi. 75 (1739), 79/1. Either the first Inticers, or the accidental Occasions, were Women.
1858. Plain Serm. Var. Subj., 227. How many a wretched being … might but for some lustful enticer, have followed the Lamb of God in eternal glory!
