Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
620. inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet,
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magnetism, magnetic force; allectation|, allective|; temptation,
enticement, agacerie[obs3], allurement, witchery; bewitchment,
bewitchery; charm; spell &c. 993; fascination, blandishment,
cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the
tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.
persuasibility[obs3], persuasibleness[obs3]; attractability[obs3];
impressibility, susceptibility; softness; persuasiveness,
attractiveness; tantalization[obs3]. influence, prompting,
dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement, incitation;
press, instigation; provocation &c. (excitation of feeling) 824;
inspiration; persuasion, suasion; encouragement, advocacy;
exhortation; advice &c. 695; solicitation &c. (request) 765;
lobbyism; pull*. incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad,
ankus[obs3], rowel, provocative, whet, dram. bribe, lure; decoy,
decoy duck; bait, trail of a red herring; bribery and corruption;
sop, sop for Cerberus. prompter, tempter; seducer, seductor[obs3];
instigator, firebrand, incendiary; Siren, Circe; agent
provocateur; lobbyist. V. induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in
its train, give an impulse &c. n.; to; inspire; put up to, prompt,
call up; attract, beckon. stimulate &c. (excite) 824; spirit up,
inspirit; rouse, arouse; animate, incite, foment, provoke,
instigate, set on, actuate; act upon, work upon, operate upon;
encourage; pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back,
clap on the shoulder. influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline,
dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate; lead by the nose;
have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon,
exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise
influence upon; go round, come round one; turn the head,
magnetize; lobby. persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome,
carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw
over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist,
engage; invite, court. tempt, seduce, overpersuade[obs3], entice,
allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm,
conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure; inveigle; tantalize; cajole &c.
(deceive) 545. tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait
with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop
into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook. enforce, force; impel
&c. (push) 276; propel &c. 284; whip, lash, goad, spur, prick,
urge; egg on, hound, hurry on; drag &c. 285; exhort; advise &c.
695; call upon &c. press &c. (request) 765; advocate. set an
example, set the fashion; keep in countenance. be persuaded &c.;
yield to temptation, come round; concede &c. (consent) 762; obey a
call; follow advice, follow the bent,.follow the dictates of; act
on principle. Adj. impulsive, motive; suasive, suasory[obs3],
persuasive, persuasory[obs3], hortative, hortatory; protreptical|;
inviting, tempting, &c. v.; suasive, suasory[obs3]; seductive,
attractive; fascinating &c. (pleasing) 829; provocative &c.
(exciting) 824. induced &c. v.; disposed; persuadable &c. (docile)
602; spellbound; instinct with, smitten with, infatuated; inspired
&c. v.; by. Adv. because, therefore &c. (cause) 155; from this
motive, from that motive; for this reason, for that reason; for;
by reason of, for the sake of, count of; out of, from, as,
forasmuch as. for all the world; on principle. Phr. fax mentis
incendium gloriae[Lat]; "temptation hath a music for all ears"
"to beguile many and be beguiled by one" [Willis][Othello].
#615a. Absence of Motive.—N. absence of motive, aimlessness;
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caprice &c. 608; chance &c. (absence of design) 621.
V. have no motive; scruple &c. (be unwilling) 603.
Adj. without rhyme or reason; aimless, capricious, whimsical &c.
(chance) 621.
Adv. out of mere caprice.
#616. Dissuasion.—N. dissuasion, dehortation[obs3], expostulation,
remonstrance; deprecation &c. 766. discouragement, damper, wet blanket;
disillusionment, disenchantment. cohibition &c. (restraint) 751[obs3];
curb &c. (means of restraint) 752; check &c. (hindrance) 706.
reluctance &c. (unwillingness) 603; contraindication. V. dissuade,
dehort[obs3], cry out against, remonstrate, expostulate, warn,
contraindicate. disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit;
discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back &c.
(restrain) 751; render averse &c. 603; repel; turn aside &c.
(deviation) 279; wean from; act as a drag &c. (hinder) 706; throw cold
water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate &c.
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