Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Decoy \De*coy"\ (d[-e]*koi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet,
   soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.]
   To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare;
   to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy
   troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.

         Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy.     --Thomson.

         E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart,
         distrusting, asks if this be joy.        --Goldsmith.

   Syn: To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See {Allure}.