[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That entices or instigates; insidiously attractive; alluring, beguiling, seductive.
1553. T. Wilson, Rhet., 40. A brothell house where entisinge harlottes lived.
1593. Shaks., 2 Hen. VI., I. iii. 92. My selfe haue … plac’t a Quier of such enticing Birds.
1611. Bible, Col. ii. 4. Lest any man should beguile you with entising words.
1697. Dryden, Virg. Georg., III. 337/106.
| The soft Seducer, with enticing Looks, | |
| The bellowing Rivals to the Fight provokes. |
1788. Burke, Sp. agst. W. Hastings, Wks. XIII. 305. Ladies recommended … by sweet and enticing names.
Mod. I do not find the prospect enticing.
