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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 honorWebster 1828 Edition
Allurement
ALLU'REMENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
allurement
allurement
English
Noun
allurement (plural allurements)
- 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.
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- 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.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury: