enticing

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  1. Alluring; attracting; charming. Formerly also inticing. She gave him of that fair enticing fruit. Milton, P. L., ix. 996. For the impracticable, however theoretically enticing, is always politically unwise. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 166.

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  • And even more enticing, the second guest can get a massage and facial at the Ihilani Spa for only $199 (plus tax and gratuity). —  SFGate: Top News Stories
  • Sony's demonstration of this feature looked enticing, and we were jazzed about the fact that we could record anywhere in the world and be able to nail down the location to a set of coordinates. —  infoSync World
  • Thus, whereas the Christian heaven is purely spiritual - "they shall neither marry nor give into marriage" (Matthew 22: 30) and not necessarily "enticing" - some Muslim accounts of paradise are downright hedonistic. —  Writings from the Middle East Forum and Middle East Quarterly.
  • The high octane scene is riveting and enticing, and one almost gets chills expecting this season to be Prison Break's best season yet - until ... —  All articles at Blogcritics
  • One of the most enticing is a phone call which advises you that your name has appeared on a
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enticing:   entice ·  enticed
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