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ALLURE
allure, allurement, temptingness
(noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm
tempt, allure
(verb) dispose or incline or entice to; “We were tempted by the delicious-looking food”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)
The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
(dated) gait; bearing
• Harper's Magazine
Verb
allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)
(transitive) To entice; to attract.
Synonyms
• attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce
Anagrams
• Laurel, laurel
Source: Wiktionary
Al*lure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Alluring.] Etym: [OF. aleurrer, alurer, fr. a (L. ad) + leurre lure. See Lure.]
Definition: To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.
Syn.
– To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce.
– To Allure, Entice, Decoy, Seduce. These words agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling influence, and differ according to the image under which is presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure, which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to the passions.
Al*lure", n.
Definition: Allurement. [R.] Hayward.
Al`lure", n. Etym: [F.; aller to go.]
Definition: Gait; bearing. The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. Harper's Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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