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Definition of Allures
1. allure [v] - See also: allure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allures
Literary usage of Allures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"Here treason's v:ell earned meed allures thine eyes—While the kingdom of Portugal
was divided, some holding with John the newly-elected king, ..."
2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"... to allure (whence our adjective delicious is derived), signifies what allures
the mind. Pleasure is a term of most extensive use; it embraces one large ..."
3. Common Sense about Women by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1881)
""allures TO BRIGHTER WORLDS, AND LEADS THE WAY." EN the Massachusetts House of
Representatives had " School Suffrage " under consideration, the other day, ..."
4. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1910)
"THIS love of nature, that allures to take Irregularity for harmony Of larger
scope than our hard measures make, Cherish it as thy school for when on thee ..."
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