† illeceˈbration Obs. rare.
[n. of action f. late L. illecebrāre to entice, allure, f. illecebra: see illecebrous.]
The action of alluring; enticement, allurement.
| 1624 Heywood Gunaik. vii. 364 The Syrens..insinuating into the eares of man by their severall illecebrations or enticements. a 1704 T. Brown Wks. (1760) IV. 292 Modesty..restrains..the great familiarity of pleasant illecebrations. |