Lured vs Pured - What's the difference?
lured | pured |
(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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(obsolete) purified; refined.
As a verb lured
is (lure).As an adjective pured is
(obsolete) purified; refined.lured
English
Verb
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*lure
English
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)
Verb
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* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Verb
pured
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Adjective
(-)- Bread of pured wheat. — Chaucer.
- Pured gold. — Chaucer.