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lure
To attract, tempt, or entice
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delude
To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
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mislead
To give a wrong impression or lead toward a wrong conclusion, especially by intentionally deceiving.
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entice
To attract (someone), usually to do something, by arousing hope, interest, or desire:
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deceive (related)
To cause to believe what is not true; mislead.
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cozen
To persuade or induce to do something by cajoling or wheedling.
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Lead-on Sentence Examples

  • These lead on to the sousliks, Spermophilus (or Citellus), in which the incisors (as in the following genera) differ from those of all the squirrels in not being compressed.

  • Mr. Dean here, part time detective and sheriff candidate, tracked down a hot lead on some bones—maybe a long dead villain—up at The Lucky Pup mine.

  • Sackler and DeLeo were packing up, off to follow a lead on the whereabouts of a forger of Social Security checks who had been working overtime in recent months.

  • The Opiliones seem to lead on from the Spiders to the Mites.

  • Although the Uredineae clearly lead on to the Basidiomycetes, yet owing to their retaining in many cases definite traces of sexual organs they are clearly a more primitive group. Their marked parasitic habit also separates them off, so that they are best included with the Basidiomycetes in a larger cohort which may be called Basidiales.

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