| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·lure |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -l r |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: al·lured, al·lur·ing, al·lures
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To attract with something desirable; entice: Promises of quick profits allure the unwary investor. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To be highly, often subtly attractive: charms that still allure. | | NOUN: | The power to attract; enticement. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English aluren, from Old French alurer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + loirre, bait (of Germanic origin). | | OTHER FORMS: | al·lurement —NOUN
al·lurer —NOUN
al·luring·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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