allure
noun
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L20017 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈlʊɚ/ / /əˈlɚ/ / /əˈlʊə/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure.
- Gait; bearing.
“Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.”
- The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.
- To entice; to attract.
“[They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.”
“Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.”