allure

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  1. transitive verb To attract with something desirable; entice: Promises of quick profits allure the unwary investor.
  2. intransitive verb To be highly, often subtly attractive: charms that still allure.
  3. noun The power to attract; enticement.

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  1. Middle English aluren, from Old French alurer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + loirre, bait (of Germanic origin).

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  1. Early modern English alure, alewre, from Middle English aluren, from Anglo-French alurer, Old French alurer, aleurrer, alerrer, attract, allure, from a, to, + lurer, lure: see lure.
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