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ALLURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The power to entice or attract through personal charm

Synonyms:

allure; allurement; temptingness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("allure" is a kind of...):

attraction; attractiveness (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allure"):

invitation (a tempting allurement)

Derivation:

allure (dispose or incline or entice to)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dispose or incline or entice to

Example:

We were tempted by the delicious-looking food

Synonyms:

allure; tempt

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "allure" is one way to...):

bid; invite (ask someone in a friendly way to do something)

"Allure" entails doing...:

appeal; attract (be attractive to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

allure (the power to entice or attract through personal charm)

allurement (the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money))

allurement (the power to entice or attract through personal charm)

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 Context examples: 

It was noon when I awoke, and allured by the warmth of the sun, which shone brightly on the white ground, I determined to recommence my travels; and, depositing the remains of the peasant’s breakfast in a wallet I found, I proceeded across the fields for several hours, until at sunset I arrived at a village.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The prospect was alluring.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)