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Lured vs Pured - What's the difference?

lured | pured |

As a verb lured

is (lure).

As an adjective pured is

(obsolete) purified; refined.

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.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

  • deceive, trick
    • ----

    pured

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) purified; refined.
    • Bread of pured wheat. — Chaucer.
    Pured gold. — Chaucer.
    (Webster 1913)