entice
v.to attract someone by offering them something pleasant or interesting. You use this when someone is tempted to do something because of a reward.
v.to attract or tempt by offering a reward or pleasure. Often implies a degree of persuasion or the use of a lure to influence a decision.
“The smell of fresh bread will entice customers into the shop.”
“The company tried to entice new employees by offering a generous signing bonus and flexible working hours.”
“While the high salary was designed to entice top-tier candidates, many were deterred by the firm's reputation for demanding an unsustainable work-life balance.”
The verb is transitive and typically follows the pattern 'entice someone into doing something' or 'entice someone to do something'.
Entice is a transitive verb and takes a direct object without the preposition 'to'.
“In the school holidays, many places will entice families through their doors by offering free or £1 meals for kids eating with paying adults.”
“Interest was at a fever pitch as teams tried to entice him to leave the Islanders.”
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”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.