lure – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lure

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to lure
Participle: lured
Gerund: luring

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ilure
youlure
he;she;itlures
welure
youlure
theylure

Perfect

Ihave lured
youhave lured
he;she;ithas lured
wehave lured
youhave lured
theyhave lured

Past

Ilured
youlured
he;she;itlured
welured
youlured
theylured

Pluperfect

Ihad lured
youhad lured
he;she;ithad lured
wehad lured
youhad lured
theyhad lured

Future

Iwill lure
youwill lure
he;she;itwill lure
wewill lure
youwill lure
theywill lure

Future Perfect

Iwill have lured
youwill have lured
he;she;itwill have lured
wewill have lured
youwill have lured
theywill have lured

Subjunctive

Present

Ilure
youlure
he;she;itlure
welure
youlure
theylure

Perfect

Ihave lured
youhave lured
he;she;ithave lured
wehave lured
youhave lured
theyhave lured

Imperfect

Ilured
youlured
he;she;itlured
welured
youlured
theylured

Pluperfect

Ihad lured
youhad lured
he;she;ithad lured
wehad lured
youhad lured
theyhad lured

Conditional

Present

Iwould lure
youwould lure
he;she;itwould lure
wewould lure
youwould lure
theywould lure

Perfect

Iwould have lured
youwould have lured
he;she;itwould have lured
wewould have lured
youwould have lured
theywould have lured

Imperative

youlure
weLet's lure
youlure

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam luring
youare luring
he;she;itis luring
weare luring
youare luring
theyare luring

Perfect

Ihave been luring
youhave been luring
he;she;ithas been luring
wehave been luring
youhave been luring
theyhave been luring

Past

Iwas luring
youwere luring
he;she;itwas luring
wewere luring
youwere luring
theywere luring

Pluperfect

Ihad been luring
youhad been luring
he;she;ithad been luring
wehad been luring
youhad been luring
theyhad been luring

Future

Iwill be luring
youwill be luring
he;she;itwill be luring
wewill be luring
youwill be luring
theywill be luring

Future Perfect

Iwill have been luring
youwill have been luring
he;she;itwill have been luring
wewill have been luring
youwill have been luring
theywill have been luring

Conditional

Present

Iwould be luring
youwould be luring
he;she;itwould be luring
wewould be luring
youwould be luring
theywould be luring

Perfect

Iwould have been luring
youwould have been luring
he;she;itwould have been luring
wewould have been luring
youwould have been luring
theywould have been luring

Other

Verbs similar to 'lure'

cure, dure, fure, lare, lere, lube, lue, lurk, lurv, lurve,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

entice
allure, bait, attract, draw, seduce, tempt, entrap, inveigle

Antonyms

entice
repel, frighten, disgust, reject

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1385, "something which allures or entices," from Anglo-Fr. lure, from O.Fr. loirre "device used to recall hawks, lure," from Frank. *loþr, from P.Gmc. *lothran "to call" (cf. M.H.G. luoder, M.L.G. loder "lure, bait," Ger. Luder "lure, deceit, bait," O.E. laþian "to call, invite"). Originally a bunch of feathers on a long cord, from which the hawk is fed during its training. Used of means of alluring other animals (esp. fish) from c.1700. Technically, bait is something the animal can eat; lure is a more general term. The verb is from c.1386, of hawks; 1393, of persons.
2. From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”). Compare English allure, also from Old French. Probably related to German Luder (“bait”). See: Anglo-Norman 'lure', French 'leurre', English 'allure'.

Sample Sentences

  • It had been sixteen years since the BBC’s Grace Wyndham Goldie wrote her internal memo about luring him back to make sociological/scientific TV programmes. Now a second note had circulated, from the science department, proposing that he should present the Corporation’s next educative megaseries. [2012, Kate Bassett, “Mid-Seventies Onwards: Operatic beginnings and The Body in Question”, in In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller, London: Oberon Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 219:]
  • Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years. Research Professor is what you then want to become, so you can finally stop worrying about students and do the research that lured you into academia in the first place! [2014, Michel Clasquin-Johnson, What is the difference between a research professor and a professor?:]