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allure

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al·lure  (-lr)
v. al·lured, al·lur·ing, al·lures
v.tr.
To attract with something desirable; entice: Promises of quick profits allure the unwary investor.
v.intr.
To be highly, often subtly attractive: charms that still allure.
n.
The power to attract; enticement.

[Middle English aluren, from Old French alurer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + loirre, bait (of Germanic origin).]

al·lurement n.
al·lurer n.
al·luring·ly adv.

allure [əˈljʊə əˈlʊə]
vb
(tr) to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
n
attractiveness; appeal the cottage's allure was its isolation
[from Old French alurer, from lure bait, lure]
allurement  n
allurer  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.allureallure - the power to entice or attract through personal charm
attractiveness, attraction - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
invitation - a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"
Verb1.allure - dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
invite, bid - ask someone in a friendly way to do something

allure
noun
verb
attract, persuade, charm, win over, tempt, lure, seduce, entice, enchant, lead on, coax, captivate, beguile, cajole, decoy, inveigle The dog was allured by the smell of roasting meat.
Translations
allure [əˈljʊəʳ]
A. Natractivo m, encanto m
B. VT (liter) → atraer, cautivar
allure [əˈlʊər] n (= attraction) [place] → attrait m; [event] → attrait m; [person] → charme m
sexual allure → pouvoir m de séduction
allure
nReiz m
allure [əˈljʊəʳ]
1. nfascino


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Well, do change it, allure me with something else, give me another ideal.
Signs were hung out on all sides to allure him; some to catch him by the appetite, as the tavern and victualling cellar; some by the fancy, as the dry goods store and the jeweller's; and others by the hair or the feet or the skirts, as the barber, the shoemaker, or the tailor.
to subject her to the struggles of conflicting duty and inclination - to whichsoever side the latter might allure, or the former imperatively call her - whether she should deem it her duty to risk the slights and censures of the world, the sorrow and displeasure of those she loved, for a romantic idea of truth and constancy to me, or to sacrifice her individual wishes to the feelings of her friends and her own sense of prudence and the fitness of things?
 
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