allure
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From Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.
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allure (uncountable)
- The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
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The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
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allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)
- (transitive) 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. -- William Falconer.
- The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. -- John Milton.
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to attempt to draw
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allure f. (plural allures)
- appearance, look
- speed, pace
- angle of a boat from the wind
- gait (of a horse)
