1. To attract or elicit; SYN. fetch, pull, pull in, draw, draw in.
2. To be attractive to; SYN. appeal.
3. To direct toward itself or oneself; SYN. pull, pull in, draw in.

ETYM French battre de l'aile (or des ailes), to flap or flutter. Related to Batter.
(Homonym: bate).
1. To attack with dogs or set dogs upon.
2. To lure, entice, or entrap with bait.

To lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy.