lurement

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lurement

  1. Synonym of allurement (enticement)
    • 1845, Universalist Union, volume 10, page 458:
      Every body knows that this is the lurement to sin.
    • 1887, Gleanings in Bee Culture, volume 15, page 589:
      [] when he starts out for a meal he perches upon an exposed twig, sets his decoy, and waits for the lurement of prey.