entice
definition
to attract someone to do something
example
It will be much easier to entice the customers if you can create a visually appealing website.
synonyms
attractpersuade
word origin — Middle English (also in the sense ‘incite, provoke’; formerly also as intice): from Old French enticier, probably from a base meaning ‘set on fire’, based on an alteration of Latin titio ‘firebrand’