Allured vs Lured - What's the difference?
allured | lured |
(allure)
The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
gait; bearing
To entice; to attract.
*, II.8:
*:Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.
(lure)
Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(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:
A velvet smoothing brush.
To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
To recall a hawk with a lure.
deceive, trick
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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
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Noun
- The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. — Harper's Magazine.
Verb
(allur)Synonyms
* attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduceAnagrams
* ----lured
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*lure
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Noun
(en noun)- (Milton)
- 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 .
- (Knight)