Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to allure
Participle: allured
Gerund: alluring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | allure |
| you | allure |
| he;she;it | allures |
| we | allure |
| you | allure |
| they | allure |
Perfect
| I | have allured |
| you | have allured |
| he;she;it | has allured |
| we | have allured |
| you | have allured |
| they | have allured |
Past
| I | allured |
| you | allured |
| he;she;it | allured |
| we | allured |
| you | allured |
| they | allured |
Pluperfect
| I | had allured |
| you | had allured |
| he;she;it | had allured |
| we | had allured |
| you | had allured |
| they | had allured |
Future
| I | will allure |
| you | will allure |
| he;she;it | will allure |
| we | will allure |
| you | will allure |
| they | will allure |
Future Perfect
| I | will have allured |
| you | will have allured |
| he;she;it | will have allured |
| we | will have allured |
| you | will have allured |
| they | will have allured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | allure |
| you | allure |
| he;she;it | allure |
| we | allure |
| you | allure |
| they | allure |
Perfect
| I | have allured |
| you | have allured |
| he;she;it | have allured |
| we | have allured |
| you | have allured |
| they | have allured |
Imperfect
| I | allured |
| you | allured |
| he;she;it | allured |
| we | allured |
| you | allured |
| they | allured |
Pluperfect
| I | had allured |
| you | had allured |
| he;she;it | had allured |
| we | had allured |
| you | had allured |
| they | had allured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would allure |
| you | would allure |
| he;she;it | would allure |
| we | would allure |
| you | would allure |
| they | would allure |
Perfect
| I | would have allured |
| you | would have allured |
| he;she;it | would have allured |
| we | would have allured |
| you | would have allured |
| they | would have allured |
Imperative
| you | allure |
| we | Let's allure |
| you | allure |
Verbs conjugated like 'allure'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'allure'
allude,
illure,
abjure,
ablude,
ablute,
adjure,
adure,
allege,
allide,
altre,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to catch the attention of
- arrest
- to win over or attract
- seduce
- attract; allure
- tempt
- to pull toward without touching
- attract, draw
- to arouse interest
- arrest, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, court, delight, draw, enchant, engage, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, mesmerize, pull, pull in, sirenize, spellbind, tempt, tole
- To win over or attract.
- seduce
Antonyms
- to arouse interest
- bore, disgust, repel
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1402, from Anglo-Fr.
alurer, from O.Fr.
aleurer "to attract, captivate," from
à "to" +
loirre "falconer's lure," from a Frank. word (see lure), perhaps infl. by Fr.
allure "gait, way of walking." The noun is first attested 1548, properly it is
allurement.
2. From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure. See: Old French '
alurer'.
Verbs referencing "allure"
English
lure.
Sample Sentences
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[They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 370–371:]
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Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good. [1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:]
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A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd. [1737, R[ichard] Glover, “Book VI”, in Leonidas. A Poem., page 152:]