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allure
/əˈlʊɚ/
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What does allure mean?
noun
- The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
- The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
verb
- To entice; to attract.
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noun
- (dated) Gait; bearing.
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But it is the few prizes in every profession which allure the multitude, who think little of the many blanks.
And the sirens, in Homer, to allure Ulysses, and draw him within the danger of their snares, offered to give him knowledge.
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In most cases, when only the male emits a strong odour during the breeding-season, it probably serves to excite or allure the female.
We are wont to allure children by rewards, that they may cheerfully learn what we force them to study even though they are unwilling.
It contributed to prepare the way for the Revolution, and gave to this that international character and that mystic allure which would otherwise have been incomprehensible.