lurementn.
/ˈl(j)ʊəmənt/ rare.
Allurement.
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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
1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 155 No luerments wrought my constant mind to faile.
1825 Hogg in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 17 716 For vengeance I did it,..Without that, futurity lurements had none.
1898 H. Calderwood D. Hume viii. 145 She, feeling the lurements of a gay court, was drawn into intrigue.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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