allure

/əˈlʊɚ/

noun 3verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

ill, intense, mysterious, overall, sexual

VERB + ALLURE

couldn't, enhances, held, pose, resist, understand

ALLURE + NOUN

excitement, gustavo, men, trueillers, weake, wealth

PREP.

noun

The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

verb

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.

noun

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.

noun — the power to entice or attract through personal charm

verb — dispose or incline or entice to

[They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.

Wiktionary

Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.

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A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd.

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Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.

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He gave himself up to her allure.

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I will never understand the allure of wealth.

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