allure
To entice; to attractTo entice; to attract.
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» Her wealth finally allured him into matrimony.
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1 sensesTo entice; to attract.
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завлека́тьzavlekátʹ, завле́чьzavléčʹ, зама́ниватьzamánivatʹ
dispose or incline or entice to
Examples
15 sentencesHer wealth finally allured him into matrimony.
He gave himself up to her allure.
She is very pretty, but not alluring.
ruОна очень мила, но не соблазнительна. — sharptoothed
deSie ist sehr hübsch, aber nicht verführerisch. — Yorwba
I will never understand the allure of wealth.
Layla wasn't conventionally beautiful, but she possessed a certain kind of intense sexual allure.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (LatinFrom Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.
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Forms
allures, alluring, allured, alluredSynonyms
33 synonyms- dispose or incline or entice to:tempt
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.