allure

UK /əˈlʊɚ/ US /əˈlʊɚ/
noun 3verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

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

verb

1

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

1

Gait; bearing.

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

2

The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

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