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allure
English
Etymology
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??l(j)??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)
- The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
- (dated) gait; bearing.
- Harper's Magazine
- The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
- Harper's Magazine
- The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
Translations
Verb
allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)
- (transitive) To entice; to attract.
Synonyms
- attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce
Translations
Related terms
- lure
Anagrams
- Laurel, laurel
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French allure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ly?.r?/
- Hyphenation: al?lu?re
- Rhymes: -y?r?
Noun
allure f (plural allures)
- air, pretension
Derived terms
- sterallure
French
Etymology
aller +? -ure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ly?/
- Rhymes: -y?
Noun
allure f (plural allures)
- appearance, look
- speed, pace
- angle of a boat from the wind
- gait (of a horse)
- chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)
Derived terms
- à toute allure
Descendants
- ? Dutch: allure
Further reading
- “allure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- la leur
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deceive
English
Alternative forms
- deceave (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English deceyven, desayven, dissayven, from Old French decever, decevoir, from Latin d?cipi? (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from d?- (“from”) + capi? (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English besw?can.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??si?v/
- Hyphenation: de?ceive
- Rhymes: -i?v
Verb
deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)
- (transitive) To trick or mislead.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:deceive
Related terms
- deception
- deceptive
- deceit
Translations
Further reading
- deceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- deceive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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