Usually means: Stimulate interest through unattainable promises.
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  1. tantalise: Collins English Dictionary
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  3. tantalise: Wordnik
  4. tantalise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. tantalise: Wiktionary
  6. tantalise: Dictionary.com
  7. tantalise: Rhymezone
  8. tantalise: FreeDictionary.org
  9. tantalise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. tantalise: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. tantalise: Merriam-Webster
  12. Tantalise: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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verb:  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of tantalize. [(transitive) to tease (someone) by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach]

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