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allurement|əˈl(j)ʊəmənt|
Also 6 al-.
[f. allure v. + -ment.]
1. The action or process of alluring, or attracting by some proffered good; temptation, enticement.
1561T. N[orton] tr. Calvin's Inst. ii. iii. (1634) 129 Will, for as much as it is drawne by allurement, cannot exclude necessity. 1601Shakes. All's Well iv. iii. 241 Take heede of the allurement of one Count Rossillion. 1671Milton P.R. ii. 131 Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. 1751Johnson Rambl. No. 155 ⁋8 When some craving passion shall be fully gratified, or some powerful allurement cease its importunity. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 276 The snares of the enemy are detected, his allurements avoided. 1866Kingsley Herew. viii. 135 She found him proof against her allurements.
2. Alluring faculty or quality; attractiveness, fascination, charm.
1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 22 The allurement of the other drawes the mind from vertue. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. vii. §27 (1873) 65 A speech of great allurement toward his own purpose. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Wks. I. 228 To disentangle our minds from the allurements of the object. 1794Sullivan View Nat. V. 398 Is it the right way to teach morality, to trick vice out with allurements? 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxx. (C. D. ed.) 245 The young lady..displaying her choicest allurements.
3. The means of alluring; that which is offered or operates as a source of attraction; a lure, bait.
1548Udall etc. Erasm. Paraphr. Mark i. 13 Deceiued with the pleasaunt alurement of an apple. 1626R. Bernard Isle of Man (1627) 53 Foolish niceries, perfumings, and other allurements to dalliance. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 251 Gold..appeared to be the great allurement of the Spaniards. 1825McCulloch Pol. Econ. iii. §3. 234 The allurements to enlist in the army. |