[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENTICE.

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a. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter xviii. 13. Synnes þat comes of ill eggyngis [S. euel entysynge].

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1450–1530.  Myrr. Our Ladye, 194. They felle through the entysynge of the wycked spyryte.

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1535.  Coverdale, Ecclus. ix. 4. Heare hir not, lest thou perish thorow hir entysinge.

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1823.  Scott, Peveril, viii. Pardon my enticing away from your service the young woman.

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