pātari
1. (verb) (-a,-ria) to entice, divert, decoy, provoke, incite.
E kore hoki e taea te pātari mai a Te Rauparaha i Kapiti (TTR 1990:368). / And they were not able to lure Te Rauparaha from Kapiti.
Synonyms: hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe
2. (noun) persuasiveness.
He pēnei nā ngā kōrero mō Te Kāhui: arā, he tangata purotu, he hinengaro kakama, he hihiri, he ngāwari me te pātari o te tangi o te reo, ā, he arero reka ki te whakawhere (TTR 1996:215). / The accounts about Te Kahui suggest that he was a handsome man, clever, energetic, and possessing a soft and winning voice and persuasive tongue.
