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Webster 1913 Edition


Allurement

Al-lure′ment

,
Noun.
1.
The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
Though Adam by his wife’s
allurement
fell.
Milton.
2.
That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action;
as, the
allurements
of pleasure, or of honor
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Allurement

ALLU'REMENT

,
Noun.
That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating; as a motive to action; temptation; enticement; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.

Definition 2024


allurement

allurement

English

Noun

allurement (plural allurements)

  1. Attractiveness; appeal, charisma. [from 16th c.]
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
  2. An enticement, inducement or bait. [from 16th c.]
    • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury:
      That though their Thoughts are ever turn'd upon appearing Aimiable, yet every Feature of their Faces and every Part of their Dress is fill'd with Snares and Allurements.