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Allured vs Lured - What's the difference?

allured | lured |

As verbs the difference between allured and lured

is that allured is past tense of allure while lured is past tense of lure.

allured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (allure)

  • allure

    English

    Noun

  • The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
  • gait; bearing
  • The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. — Harper's Magazine.

    Verb

    (allur)
  • To entice; to attract.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.
  • Synonyms

    * attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce

    Anagrams

    * ----

    lured

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lure)
  • Anagrams

    *

    lure

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
  • (Milton)
  • (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
  • A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
  • * 1594 , , IV. i. 178:
  • My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, / And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, / For then she never looks upon her lure .
  • A velvet smoothing brush.
  • (Knight)

    Verb

    (lur)
  • To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
  • To recall a hawk with a lure.
  • Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

  • deceive, trick
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