Verb

(entic)

To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

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I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

Verb

(teas)

To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.

To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.

To back-comb.

To poke fun at.

To provoke or disturb; to annoy.

* (1800-1859)

*:Hesuffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.

*1684 , , (Hudibras)

*:Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing .

*

*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."

To entice, to tempt.