Allure Definition

ə-lo͝or
allured, allures, alluring
verb
allured, allures, alluring
To attract with something desirable; entice.
Promises of quick profits allure the unwary investor.
American Heritage
To tempt with something desirable; attract; entice; fascinate.
Webster's New World
To be highly, often subtly attractive.
Charms that still allure.
American Heritage

To entice; to attract.

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noun
allures
The power to attract; enticement.
American Heritage
The power to entice or attract; fascination.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

Gait; bearing.

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Origin of Allure

  • Middle English aluren from Old French alurer a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) loirre bait (of Germanic origin)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.

    From Wiktionary

Allure Sentence Examples

  • This surprise is part of the allure of this design.

  • My Betsy is fine looking woman, beautiful in my mind and in the eyes of most, but even I have to admit she lacks the room-stopping allure of Martha LeBlanc.

  • Signs were hung out on all sides to allure him; some to catch him by the appetite, as the tavern and victualling cellar; some by the fancy, as the dry goods store and the jeweller's; and others by the hair or the feet or the skirts, as the barber, the shoemaker, or the tailor.

  • But perhaps the hotel's greatest allure is its atmosphere.

  • She oozed fragile innocence and sultry sex appeal, her allure capable of ensnaring even a deity.

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Words Starting With

AALALL

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EREURE

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