alluren.¹

Brit.

/əˈl(j)ʊə/, U.S.

/əˈlʊ(ə)r/,

/æˈlʊ(ə)r/

Forms: see allure v.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: allure v.

Etymology: < allure v. Compare slightly earlier alluring n.

Attraction, fascination, allurement; an instance of this. Cf. allurement n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature

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allure1534

Venus1540

attract1593

attraction1599

attractive1607

gold dust1690

charm1697

charmingness1727

take1794

charmfulness1842

style1897

appeal1916

pull factor1938

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun]

tightingc1000

tolling?c1225

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allure1534

luring1547

enticement1549

allurement1561

allurance1574

alluring1579

illurement1582

attraction1591

lurement1592

till1596

invitation1602

tract1620

illecebration1624

prolectation1625

invitement1627

inescation1645

inveiglement1653

allectation1656

tracture1658

solicitation1676

drumming1833

come-hither1835

chemistry1898

come-hitherness1918

1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Civ For ye that loue where loue wyll take no place your owne wyll is your owne leder a playne case And not onely vncompelled without alewre But fore agaynst her wyll your sewt ye endewre.

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Kv Not onlye to ryot is synne, but the doctryne also therof and the allure to the same.

1590 T. Watson Poems (1870) 169 Inticd from griefs by some allure diuine.

1620 R. Johnson Golden Garland ii. sig. G4 What if the world with alures of his wealth Raise thy degree to a place of high aduancing.

1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) V. vi. ii. 34 His images and his ideas are by an insensible allure, taken throughout, from crowded Cities.

1799 Ann. Reg. 1792 447/1 The allure of good cheer and amusement is very often as good a bait for a patient as a May-fly is for a trout.

1817 Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1 91 It is said that some of them may be thus caught by the allure of a peculiar bait.

1893 J. Gray Silverpoints p. xx I Yield to the strait allure of simple things.

1924 J. Farnol Loring Myst. (1925) xix. 126 He seemed to find a strange allure in this forbidding prospect.

1988 R. Stone in Best Amer. Ess. (1989) 259 Debra Arleen Murphree, the temptress before whose allure the redoubtable Jimmy Swaggart's Christian resolve did a fast fade.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 Mar. a17/6 There is the obvious and immediate allure of revenue from the 4,500 video lottery terminals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

allurev.

Brit.

/əˈl(j)ʊə/, U.S.

/əˈlʊ(ə)r/,

/æˈlʊ(ə)r/

Forms: Middle English–1700s alure, 1500s alewre, 1500s aluer, 1500s–1600s alluer, 1500s– allure; also Scottish pre-1700 allour, pre-1700 alluir, pre-1700 alour, pre-1700 aluir.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aleurer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aleurer, aluirer to lure (a hawk) (13th cent.) < a- a- prefix⁵ + leurer , luirer , leurrer lure v. Compare Old French alerrer to deceive (a person) by insincere words (13th cent. in an isolated attestation), (Flanders, with change of conjugation) alorir to seduce (a person) (c1240), and (with prefix substitution) Old French enleurer to attract (a person) by deceptive means (13th cent. in an isolated attestation), French alerrer (17th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently regional, chiefly in past participle alluré , aluré in sense ‘clever, (with negative connotation) crafty’); compare also Old Occitan aloirar to lure (a hawk). Compare lure v.

1. To attract or tempt by something advantageous, pleasurable, or flattering; to entice; to win over. Also (occasionally) intransitive: to be a temptation or enticement.

†a. transitive. to (also towards, etc.) a person, a party, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)]

teec888

tightc1000

drawc1175

tollc1220

till?c1225

ticec1275

bringc1300

entice1303

win1303

wina1340

tempt1340

misdrawa1382

wooa1387

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attract?a1475

lock1481

enlure1486

attice1490

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illect?1529

wind1538

disarm1553

call1564

troll1565

embait1567

alliciate1568

slock1594

enamour1600

court1602

inescate1602

fool1620

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magnetize1658

trepana1661

solicit1665

whistle1665

drill1669

inveigh1670

siren1690

allicit1724

wisea1810

come-hither1954

a1450 (?1419–20) Friar Daw's Reply (Digby) l. 165 in P. L. Heyworth Jack Upland (1968) 78 Alle þese ben alured to ȝoure sory secte.

1534 G. Gardynare Let. Yonge Gentylman f. 22^v Hereby a man maye playnely se, by what meanes they allure men to theyr secte.

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 116 He executeth the office of our mediator, gently alluring vs vnto him.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. vi. §8. 70 To allure the principall of them to his partie.

1654 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) 173 The crafty fetches, and persecutory drifts whereby he endeavoured to allure the Catholicks to the Arian Heresie.

1776 L. Carter Let. 9 May in G. Washington Papers (1991) Revolutionary War Ser. IV. 238 To attempt, by lies or other species of bribery, to deceive or allure the People to his interest.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 67 The foreigners, whom the fame of the discoveries of the Portuguese had allured into their service.

1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 179 The military adventurers who were allured to the Mogul standards.

1848 C. Dickens Haunted Man i. 26 Alluring her towards him.

1892 M. A. H. Gay Life in Dixie during War xv. 198 Had not the Northern Democrats allowed themselves to be allured into abolition ranks, and made to do the fighting.

b. transitive. to (also from, etc.) a place.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > to a place

allure1531

take1617

trysta1800

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. ii. sig. Aviii Except with some pleasaunt noyse they be alured and conuayed vnto an other hyue.

1582 T. Bentley Seuenth Lampe Virginitie in Sixt Lampe Virginitie 270 So holy was this harlot, as she would seeme outwardly vnder a cloke of hypocrisie, the better to deceiue others and to allure them into her snares.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 546 Nor did the dancing Rubie Sparkling, out-pow'rd..Allure thee from the cool Crystalline stream.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 170 He..Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 28 May (1979) I. 487 This fine weather..allures the Ladies into the Garden.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. ii. 37 He accordingly sought..to allure him back to Spain.

1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. viii. 187 Many workmen are allured from the country.

1872 R. Browning Fifine ix If hunger, proverbs say, allures the wolf from wood.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 140 Those whose eyes tempted and allured them from the path of virtue.

1938 E. L. Masters Mark Twain ii. 29 Coca on the Amazon no longer allured him to South America.

2000 P. Starr tr. P. Riès Asian Storm i. 15 At the beginning of the 1990s, fund managers from rich countries were allured toward previously exotic investment destinations.

c. transitive. to (also from, etc.) a course of action, a state, etc. Also with infinitive. Also (rare) intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > tempt > to or to do something

attempta1513

allure?1577

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 76 Him that did teach and practise..vaine pastimes and playes, and did allure children vp therein.

a1625 J. Norden Pathway to Patience (1626) sig. ¶8 Preserue me from the secret and hidden snares of Satan, who is restles to allure me to sinne.

1641 W. S. in More's Hist. Edward V (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v It..doth allure all well-disposed persons to the imitation of those things.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. Authors Way sig. A3^v Things that seem to be hid in words obscure, Do but the Godly mind the more alure, To study.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 113 Making her dream..of the Sin which he resolved to allure her to commit.

1783 S. Johnson Let. 19 Apr. (1994) IV. 124 Having been..allured to the mention of myself, I shall give you a little of my story.

1852 J. West Hist. Tasmania ii. 130 The bushrangers at first were absentees, who were soon allured or driven to theft and violence.

1866 J. G. Edgar Runnymede xxxvii. 211 Nothing could allure him from his fidelity to the crown.

1902 W. C. Smith Poet. Wks. p. xii The great arm-chair to the fireside drawn Allured to mild repose.

1938 K. Obata Interpr. Life of Viscount Shibusawa vii. 108 No wonder then that a single business firm..could not allure him from the course he had mapped out for his career.

1963 L. M. Packer Christina Rossetti vi. 121 Doubtless she walked toward her temptation with open arms, inviting it to allure her from the path she had chosen.

2. transitive. To exercise an attractive power on; to appeal temptingly to; to fascinate, charm. Also intransitive: to be attractive or appealing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > charm

charmc1440

allure?1532

attract1584

sirenize1592

enchant1593

enamour1600

fetch1607

inveiglea1720

seduce1747

appeal1881

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > fascinate or enchant

enchantc1374

charmc1380

catchc1405

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bewitch1526

captive1528

allure?1532

captivate1535

disarm1553

enthral1562

sirenize1592

enamour1600

infascinate1687

fascinate1742

capture1796

besiren1861

?1532 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children (new ed.) v. sig. C.ii Great substance is a token or pray to allure seruauntes and other parsones ylle disposed, to wayte a man with displeasure, and to enserche his cofers and baggis.

a1535 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. (1557) 1276/1 The other lesse euils, that he alewred and alected her with.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccvi^v He with..faire woordes, did receiue and intertain, to the intent to flecte and allure the hartes of other men.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 78 A hundred Nymphs..Whose features might allure the Sea-gods more then shee.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 573 The golden Sun in splendor likest Heaven Allur'd his eye.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 185 Viands of various kinds allure the taste.

1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 80 Some were allured by the modern, others reverenced the antient.

1822 W. Hazlitt in Weekly Misc. 23 May 166/1 Art..still allures our giddy admiration.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. ii. 17 Sad is the message, yet its sense allures.

1921 W. B. Yeats At Hawk's Well in Four Plays for Dancers 17 She is always flitting upon this mountain-side,To allure or to destroy.

1949 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Laura's Bishop 147 Bishops do occasionally marry, sometimes quite late in life, allured..perhaps by the comfort which matrimony is supposed to provide.

1998 M. O'Connor Romance of Italy ii. 37 These cities allured the Romantic fancy and delighted the imagination.

3. transitive. To draw or tempt to or towards oneself or itself; to draw forth, elicit (a thing, person, quality, etc.). Also (occasionally) intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth

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drawa1400

provoke?a1425

askc1450

to draw out1525

to stir up1526

allure?1532

suscitate1532

to call out1539

to draw fortha1569

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attract1593

raise1598

force1602

fetch1622

milka1628

invite1650

summon1679

elicit1822

to work up?1833

educe1840

?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi iv. sig. D.ii^v The poyson of carnall luste, couered with a lytel quantite of hony, doth prouoke or allure soules y^t be desyrous of a pray.

1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) sig. I.i^v Loue is allured by nothing so moche as by loue.

1616 E. Sandys in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 80 O thankful then God's love alure.

1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 174 The Priests..inviting and alluring the mercy of God.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. x. 526 He made use of all the odious terms he could invent, to allure his Majesties Indignation.

1761 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (ed. 4) I. v. 513 Events happened, that opened to him vast projects, which allured his enterprising genius.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xx. 396 A sweet liquor..allures the approach of flies.

1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 24 Ælian again tells us, that the chad is allured by the sound of castanets.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlv. 381 Perhaps he had purposely allured his opponents on.

1905 C. H. Herford Robert Browning ix. 276 Its mysterious recesses and labyrinthine alleys allured his curiosity.

1941 Life 27 Oct. 92/1 (advt.) Wherever you turn, delightfully displayed food allures you.

1972 Ebony Feb. 42/2 Blind hope allured them, and to us they came.

1996 New Scientist 15 June 49/2 Tatty old texts are regularly replaced by brighter editions to allure new readers in a post-literate epoch.

†4. transitive (reflexive). To attract or tempt oneself. Obsolete.In quot. 1565 intransitive with reflexive meaning.

ΚΠ

1565 Kyng Daryus (Brandl.) 213 If any were found within my cure Whych to Iniquytie and falshod wold not aluer The same shuld dye.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlii. 144 Such as allure themselves vnto it, and that affect to honour..themselves by such service.

1658 A. Jackson Annot. Eccles. ii. 14 in Annot. Old Test. Doctrinall Bks. To draw my flesh with wine, that is, to allure himselfe to live pleasantly in regard of eating and drinking liberally.

1737 W. Havard King Charles I iii. i. 26 Such is a Woman's Weakness, that she thinks T'impose on us, by what allures her self.

1852 A. Marsh-Caldwell Castle Avon III. vi. 120 To such inconsistency, to such wrong, was he alluring himself.

1877 E. S. Phelps Story of Avis xv. 272 She was still able to allure herself with the melody of this refrain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allure
释义	alluren.¹ Brit. /əˈl(j)ʊə/, U.S. /əˈlʊ(ə)r/, /æˈlʊ(ə)r/ Forms: see allure v. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: allure v. Etymology: < allure v. Compare slightly earlier alluring n. Attraction, fascination, allurement; an instance of this. Cf. allurement n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature lust1390 jollity1484 allure1534 Venus1540 attract1593 attraction1599 attractive1607 gold dust1690 charm1697 charmingness1727 take1794 charmfulness1842 style1897 appeal1916 pull factor1938 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] tightingc1000 tolling?c1225 ticement1303 enticinga1340 ticinga1400 atticement1483 allure1534 luring1547 enticement1549 allurement1561 allurance1574 alluring1579 illurement1582 attraction1591 lurement1592 till1596 invitation1602 tract1620 illecebration1624 prolectation1625 invitement1627 inescation1645 inveiglement1653 allectation1656 tracture1658 solicitation1676 drumming1833 come-hither1835 chemistry1898 come-hitherness1918 1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Civ For ye that loue where loue wyll take no place your owne wyll is your owne leder a playne case And not onely vncompelled without alewre But fore agaynst her wyll your sewt ye endewre. 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Kv Not onlye to ryot is synne, but the doctryne also therof and the allure to the same. 1590 T. Watson Poems (1870) 169 Inticd from griefs by some allure diuine. 1620 R. Johnson Golden Garland ii. sig. G4 What if the world with alures of his wealth Raise thy degree to a place of high aduancing. 1765 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) V. vi. ii. 34 His images and his ideas are by an insensible allure, taken throughout, from crowded Cities. 1799 Ann. Reg. 1792 447/1 The allure of good cheer and amusement is very often as good a bait for a patient as a May-fly is for a trout. 1817 Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1 91 It is said that some of them may be thus caught by the allure of a peculiar bait. 1893 J. Gray Silverpoints p. xx I Yield to the strait allure of simple things. 1924 J. Farnol Loring Myst. (1925) xix. 126 He seemed to find a strange allure in this forbidding prospect. 1988 R. Stone in Best Amer. Ess. (1989) 259 Debra Arleen Murphree, the temptress before whose allure the redoubtable Jimmy Swaggart's Christian resolve did a fast fade. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 Mar. a17/6 There is the obvious and immediate allure of revenue from the 4,500 video lottery terminals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). alluren.² Brit. /əˈl(j)ʊə/, U.S. /əˈlʊ(ə)r/, /æˈlʊ(ə)r/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allure. Etymology: < French allure gait (c1170 in Anglo-Norman as alure ), manner of behaving, mien, air (1532 in Middle French as alleure ) < aller to go (see allons int.) + -ure -ure suffix¹. Now rare. Gait; mien, air. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing i-bereOE i-letelOE lundc1175 semblanta1240 countenancec1290 fare1297 porturec1300 bearinga1325 portc1330 abearc1350 demeaning14.. habit1413 apporta1423 havingsa1425 maintenance?c1436 demeanc1450 maintain?1473 deport1474 maintaining1477 demeanance1486 affair1487 containing1487 behaviour1490 representation1490 haviour?1504 demeanour1509 miena1522 function1578 amenance1590 comportance1590 portance1590 purport1590 manage1593 style1596 dispose1601 deportments1603 comportment1605 garb1605 aira1616 deportment1638 comport1660 tour1702 sway1753 disport1761 maintien1814 tenue1828 portment1833 allure1841 1841 G. L. D. Damer Diary Tour Greece, Turkey, Egypt & Holy Land II. iii. 44 Dummy constituted himself my chevalier, pointing out the resort of wild boar and gazelle in the most ingenious manner, assuming by turns the allure of these animals, and making his ungainly person almost graceful in personating the latter animal. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxviii. 339 He hunted in black during the ensuing season; and, indeed, henceforth laid aside his splendid attire and his allures as a young man. 1882 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 23 Sept. 323 She has all the allures of a duchess. 1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth 192 O Spanish eyebrows, Spanish eyes, Voice and allures of Spain! 1925 Blackwood's Mag. May 655/2 This gives a very odd allure to the Lapp silhouette. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). allurev. Brit. /əˈl(j)ʊə/, U.S. /əˈlʊ(ə)r/, /æˈlʊ(ə)r/ Forms: Middle English–1700s alure, 1500s alewre, 1500s aluer, 1500s–1600s alluer, 1500s– allure; also Scottish pre-1700 allour, pre-1700 alluir, pre-1700 alour, pre-1700 aluir. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French aleurer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aleurer, aluirer to lure (a hawk) (13th cent.) < a- a- prefix⁵ + leurer , luirer , leurrer lure v. Compare Old French alerrer to deceive (a person) by insincere words (13th cent. in an isolated attestation), (Flanders, with change of conjugation) alorir to seduce (a person) (c1240), and (with prefix substitution) Old French enleurer to attract (a person) by deceptive means (13th cent. in an isolated attestation), French alerrer (17th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently regional, chiefly in past participle alluré , aluré in sense ‘clever, (with negative connotation) crafty’); compare also Old Occitan aloirar to lure (a hawk). Compare lure v. 1. To attract or tempt by something advantageous, pleasurable, or flattering; to entice; to win over. Also (occasionally) intransitive: to be a temptation or enticement. †a. transitive. to (also towards, etc.) a person, a party, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] teec888 tightc1000 drawc1175 tollc1220 till?c1225 ticec1275 bringc1300 entice1303 win1303 wina1340 tempt1340 misdrawa1382 wooa1387 lure1393 trainc1425 allurea1450 attract?a1475 lock1481 enlure1486 attice1490 allect1518 illect?1529 wind1538 disarm1553 call1564 troll1565 embait1567 alliciate1568 slock1594 enamour1600 court1602 inescate1602 fool1620 illure1638 magnetize1658 trepana1661 solicit1665 whistle1665 drill1669 inveigh1670 siren1690 allicit1724 wisea1810 come-hither1954 a1450 (?1419–20) Friar Daw's Reply (Digby) l. 165 in P. L. Heyworth Jack Upland (1968) 78 Alle þese ben alured to ȝoure sory secte. 1534 G. Gardynare Let. Yonge Gentylman f. 22^v Hereby a man maye playnely se, by what meanes they allure men to theyr secte. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 116 He executeth the office of our mediator, gently alluring vs vnto him. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. vi. §8. 70 To allure the principall of them to his partie. 1654 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) 173 The crafty fetches, and persecutory drifts whereby he endeavoured to allure the Catholicks to the Arian Heresie. 1776 L. Carter Let. 9 May in G. Washington Papers (1991) Revolutionary War Ser. IV. 238 To attempt, by lies or other species of bribery, to deceive or allure the People to his interest. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 67 The foreigners, whom the fame of the discoveries of the Portuguese had allured into their service. 1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 179 The military adventurers who were allured to the Mogul standards. 1848 C. Dickens Haunted Man i. 26 Alluring her towards him. 1892 M. A. H. Gay Life in Dixie during War xv. 198 Had not the Northern Democrats allowed themselves to be allured into abolition ranks, and made to do the fighting. b. transitive. to (also from, etc.) a place. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > to a place allure1531 take1617 trysta1800 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. ii. sig. Aviii Except with some pleasaunt noyse they be alured and conuayed vnto an other hyue. 1582 T. Bentley Seuenth Lampe Virginitie in Sixt Lampe Virginitie 270 So holy was this harlot, as she would seeme outwardly vnder a cloke of hypocrisie, the better to deceiue others and to allure them into her snares. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 546 Nor did the dancing Rubie Sparkling, out-pow'rd..Allure thee from the cool Crystalline stream. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 170 He..Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 28 May (1979) I. 487 This fine weather..allures the Ladies into the Garden. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. ii. 37 He accordingly sought..to allure him back to Spain. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. viii. 187 Many workmen are allured from the country. 1872 R. Browning Fifine ix If hunger, proverbs say, allures the wolf from wood. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 140 Those whose eyes tempted and allured them from the path of virtue. 1938 E. L. Masters Mark Twain ii. 29 Coca on the Amazon no longer allured him to South America. 2000 P. Starr tr. P. Riès Asian Storm i. 15 At the beginning of the 1990s, fund managers from rich countries were allured toward previously exotic investment destinations. c. transitive. to (also from, etc.) a course of action, a state, etc. Also with infinitive. Also (rare) intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > tempt > to or to do something attempta1513 allure?1577 ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 76 Him that did teach and practise..vaine pastimes and playes, and did allure children vp therein. a1625 J. Norden Pathway to Patience (1626) sig. ¶8 Preserue me from the secret and hidden snares of Satan, who is restles to allure me to sinne. 1641 W. S. in More's Hist. Edward V (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v It..doth allure all well-disposed persons to the imitation of those things. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. Authors Way sig. A3^v Things that seem to be hid in words obscure, Do but the Godly mind the more alure, To study. View more context for this quotation 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 113 Making her dream..of the Sin which he resolved to allure her to commit. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 19 Apr. (1994) IV. 124 Having been..allured to the mention of myself, I shall give you a little of my story. 1852 J. West Hist. Tasmania ii. 130 The bushrangers at first were absentees, who were soon allured or driven to theft and violence. 1866 J. G. Edgar Runnymede xxxvii. 211 Nothing could allure him from his fidelity to the crown. 1902 W. C. Smith Poet. Wks. p. xii The great arm-chair to the fireside drawn Allured to mild repose. 1938 K. Obata Interpr. Life of Viscount Shibusawa vii. 108 No wonder then that a single business firm..could not allure him from the course he had mapped out for his career. 1963 L. M. Packer Christina Rossetti vi. 121 Doubtless she walked toward her temptation with open arms, inviting it to allure her from the path she had chosen. 2. transitive. To exercise an attractive power on; to appeal temptingly to; to fascinate, charm. Also intransitive: to be attractive or appealing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] > charm charmc1440 allure?1532 attract1584 sirenize1592 enchant1593 enamour1600 fetch1607 inveiglea1720 seduce1747 appeal1881 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > fascinate or enchant enchantc1374 charmc1380 catchc1405 witch1499 bewitch1526 captive1528 allure?1532 captivate1535 disarm1553 enthral1562 sirenize1592 enamour1600 infascinate1687 fascinate1742 capture1796 besiren1861 ?1532 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children (new ed.) v. sig. C.ii Great substance is a token or pray to allure seruauntes and other parsones ylle disposed, to wayte a man with displeasure, and to enserche his cofers and baggis. a1535 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. (1557) 1276/1 The other lesse euils, that he alewred and alected her with. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccvi^v He with..faire woordes, did receiue and intertain, to the intent to flecte and allure the hartes of other men. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 78 A hundred Nymphs..Whose features might allure the Sea-gods more then shee. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 573 The golden Sun in splendor likest Heaven Allur'd his eye. View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 185 Viands of various kinds allure the taste. 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 80 Some were allured by the modern, others reverenced the antient. 1822 W. Hazlitt in Weekly Misc. 23 May 166/1 Art..still allures our giddy admiration. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. ii. 17 Sad is the message, yet its sense allures. 1921 W. B. Yeats At Hawk's Well in Four Plays for Dancers 17 She is always flitting upon this mountain-side,To allure or to destroy. 1949 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Laura's Bishop 147 Bishops do occasionally marry, sometimes quite late in life, allured..perhaps by the comfort which matrimony is supposed to provide. 1998 M. O'Connor Romance of Italy ii. 37 These cities allured the Romantic fancy and delighted the imagination. 3. transitive. To draw or tempt to or towards oneself or itself; to draw forth, elicit (a thing, person, quality, etc.). Also (occasionally) intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth movea1398 drawa1400 provoke?a1425 askc1450 to draw out1525 to stir up1526 allure?1532 suscitate1532 to call out1539 to draw fortha1569 draw1581 attract1593 raise1598 force1602 fetch1622 milka1628 invite1650 summon1679 elicit1822 to work up?1833 educe1840 ?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi iv. sig. D.ii^v The poyson of carnall luste, couered with a lytel quantite of hony, doth prouoke or allure soules y^t be desyrous of a pray. 1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) sig. I.i^v Loue is allured by nothing so moche as by loue. 1616 E. Sandys in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 80 O thankful then God's love alure. 1622 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 174 The Priests..inviting and alluring the mercy of God. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. x. 526 He made use of all the odious terms he could invent, to allure his Majesties Indignation. 1761 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (ed. 4) I. v. 513 Events happened, that opened to him vast projects, which allured his enterprising genius. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xx. 396 A sweet liquor..allures the approach of flies. 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 24 Ælian again tells us, that the chad is allured by the sound of castanets. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlv. 381 Perhaps he had purposely allured his opponents on. 1905 C. H. Herford Robert Browning ix. 276 Its mysterious recesses and labyrinthine alleys allured his curiosity. 1941 Life 27 Oct. 92/1 (advt.) Wherever you turn, delightfully displayed food allures you. 1972 Ebony Feb. 42/2 Blind hope allured them, and to us they came. 1996 New Scientist 15 June 49/2 Tatty old texts are regularly replaced by brighter editions to allure new readers in a post-literate epoch. †4. transitive (reflexive). To attract or tempt oneself. Obsolete.In quot. 1565 intransitive with reflexive meaning. ΚΠ 1565 Kyng Daryus (Brandl.) 213 If any were found within my cure Whych to Iniquytie and falshod wold not aluer The same shuld dye. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlii. 144 Such as allure themselves vnto it, and that affect to honour..themselves by such service. 1658 A. Jackson Annot. Eccles. ii. 14 in Annot. Old Test. Doctrinall Bks. To draw my flesh with wine, that is, to allure himselfe to live pleasantly in regard of eating and drinking liberally. 1737 W. Havard King Charles I iii. i. 26 Such is a Woman's Weakness, that she thinks T'impose on us, by what allures her self. 1852 A. Marsh-Caldwell Castle Avon III. vi. 120 To such inconsistency, to such wrong, was he alluring himself. 1877 E. S. Phelps Story of Avis xv. 272 She was still able to allure herself with the melody of this refrain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1534n.²1841v.a1450
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