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† enˈlure, v. Obs. Also 7 inlure. [f. en-1 + lure n.: cf. allure.] trans. To entice (a hawk) by a lure; hence fig. to draw on, entice; also absol.
1486Bk. St. Albans D iij b, And thyse ben not enlured ne reclaymed bycause yt they ben so ponderous to the perche portatyf. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 297 b The other.. enlured Henry the 5..unto lyke outrage agaynst his own Father. 1607Barley-Breake (1877) 20 Whereby he might the better her inlure. 1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. i. 13 Euery pleasant fountaine..that may enlure to returne. Hence enˈluring vbl. n.
1613T. Adams Pract. Wks. (1861–2) I. 311 (D.) Provocations, heats, enlurings of lusts. |