en ticement, entycement, entysement, entysment

[Eng.entice; -ment.] 1. The act or practice of enticing, alluring, or attracting by flatteries, promises, or fair words: especially, a seducing or leading astray; instigation or exciting to evil. "By sweet enticement sudden death to bring." Drayton: King John to Matilda. 2. The state or condition of being enticed, allured, attracted, or led astray. 3. That which entices, allures, or leads astray; any thing which allures or excites to evil; an allurement or temptation. "She followed me with enticements."-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. ii. ěn-tic-er, s. [Eng. entic(e); -er.] One who or that which entices, allures, or leads astray; a per son or thing that entices or instigates to evil. "A mincing gait, a decent and an affected peace are most powerful enticers ."- Burton : Anatomy of Melancholy, p. 467. ěn-tiç-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [ENTICE.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Alluring, seductive. ""Tis not alone the grape's enticing juice Unnerves the moral powers, and mars their use." Cowper : Progre of Error , 271, 272. C. As subst.: The same as INT I CEMENT (q. v.). ěn-tiç'-Ing-ly, adv . [Eng. enticing; -ly.] In an enticing, alluring, or seductive manner. "Sh strikes a lute well, Sings most enticingly." Beaum, & Flet.: Humorous Lieutenant, ii. 1. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; entirene *en-ti-er-ty, s . [ENTIRETY.] *en-tilt-ment, s. [Pref. en, Eng. tilt , and suff. -ment.] A shed, a tent. "The best houses and walls there were of mudde or canvaz, or po'davies entiltments ."-Nashe: Lenten Stuffe. (Davies.) ěn-të re, *en-ti-er, *en-tyre, *in-tire, c., adv. . [Fr. entier; Prov. enteir ; Ital. intero , from Lat. integer whole; Sp. entero .] [INTEGER.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Whole, undivided, complete in its parts; not broken up or deprived of any of its parts; perfect, full, unmutilated. "There was a time when Ætna's silent fire Slept unperceived, the mountain yet entire." Cowper: Heroism. 2. Perfect, not lacking any part. 3. Full, complete; comprising all requisites in itself. "An action is entire when it is complete in all its parts, or, as Aristotle describes it, when it consists of a beginning, a middle, and an end."- Spectator . 4. Whole, sole, not shared in or participated with others; as, He has the entire management of the busine . *5. Mere, unalloyed, simple, sheer, plain, pure. "Pure fear and entire cowardice." -Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., ii. 4. *6. E ential, chief. "Regards that stand aloof from the entire point." Shakesp .: Lear , i. 1. *7. Firm, solid, undisputed, fixed, sure. "Entire and sure the monarch's rule must prove, Who founds her greatne on her subjects' love." Prior : On Her Majesty's Birthday , 1704. *8. Sincere, hearty, earnest, wholly devoted. "No man had a heart more entire to the king."- Claren don. *9. Not breaking away or separating from; in accord. "He run a course more entire with the king of Arragon, and more labored and officious with the king of Castile." Bacon. 10. Not castrated. "A caballo padre, or what some of our own writers appellate an entire horse." -Southey: The Doctor, ch. cxxxvi. II. Botany (of leaves): 1. Properly : Not in the least toothed. 2. More loosely : (1) Not pinnatifid. (2) Nearly destitute of marginal division. B. As adv .: Entirely, wholly, completely. "Whose soul, entire by him she loves po est." Little ton: Advice to a Lady. *C. As subst.: A colloquial English name formerly given to that kind of malt liquor now called porter, and so called from its po e ing, or being supposed to po e , the qualities of the three kinds previously brewed-viz., ale, beer, and twopenny. For the difference between entire and whole, see WHOLE. entire-tenancy, s. Law : Complete or sole po e ion in one man, as distinguished from a several tenancy, which is one held jointly or in common with others.