Allured
to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
to fascinate; charm.
to be attractive or tempting.
fascination; charm; appeal.
historical examples
you would be astounded to learn how many ruined women are wives who have been allured to sin.
fighting the traffic in young girls various
she was not allured, hardly tempted, by the young man’s offer as he made it.
linda tressel anthony trollope
its shapes and sounds and silences and colours have allured me from first acquaintance.
nights in london thomas burke
she is, or is not, allured to edinburgh, ‘a wedding for to see.’
the valet’s tragedy and other stories andrew lang
it is allured thither by a bounty, not paid by england, but by holland and jamaica.
on the principles of political economy, and taxation david ricardo
“i must have it at any price,” says the nabob, allured by the name of mora.
the nabob, volume 1 (of 2) alphonse daudet
and how beautiful was that princess santa, pure in life, she who allured the heart of him when he had turned himself into a stag?
mahabharata of krishna-dwaipayana vyasa bk. 3 pt. 1 krishna-dwaipayana vyasa
meanwhile his hand or a wizardry subdued her will, allured her body.
lord ormont and his aminta, complete george meredith
the brilliant disk fascinated and allured me; my eyes became fixed, and i could hardly breathe.
the man in the iron mask alexandre dumas, pere
day after day, when she is out with kate, you may see him join her—allured to her side.
johnny ludlow, sixth series mrs. henry wood
verb
(transitive) to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
noun
attractiveness; appeal: the cottage’s allure was its isolation
v.
c.1400, from anglo-french alurer, old french aleurer “to attract, captivate; train a falcon to hunt,” from à “to” (see ad-) + loirre “falconer’s lure,” from a frankish word (see lure), perhaps influenced by french allure “gait, way of walking.” related: allured; alluring. the noun is first attested 1540s; properly this sense is allurement.
Read Also:
- Allurement
fascination; charm. the means of . the act or process of . historical examples how true was this dream of theirs gathering detail and allurement as it p-ssed from sire to son! a man for the ages irving bach-ller “if i give her to them, she will never be a widow,” was the allurement there. […]
- Alluringly
very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive. fascinating; charming. historical examples the sun shone warm and bright; the chinook blew balmily and alluringly; the trail stretched before us dry and level. lucy maud montgomery short stories, 1909 to 1922 lucy maud montgomery might their melodies not strike freshly and alluringly on the ear to-day? a boswell […]
- Allusively
having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by . obsolete. metaphorical; symbolic; figurative. historical examples she rose with an air of dismissing the subject, though she continued to speak of it allusively. the high heart basil king why, he exclaimed, allusively to its l-strous brilliance, it laughs at you. the […]
- Allusiveness
having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by . obsolete. metaphorical; symbolic; figurative. historical examples she had behind her garishness a gift for sympathy and a keen intuition, delicacy, and allusiveness. the weavers, complete gilbert parker why even did he not continue his disquisition on the philosophic value of allusiveness? […]
- Alluvia
a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water. the sedimentary matter deposited thus within recent times, especially in the valleys of large rivers. historical examples the source of the elements which compose the pampean alluvia is very uncertain. the argentine republic pierre denis it was only in the extra-glacial tracts that alluvia of […]