different between convince vs allure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convinc? (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vinc? (“I conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferre??an.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?v?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Verb

convince (third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced)

1. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
   • 1718, Francis Atterbury, sermon preached on Easter Day at Westminster Abbey

     Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.

2. To persuade.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.

Synonyms

• persuade
• satisfy
• assure
• convert
• win over

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Verb

convince

1. third-person singular present of convincere

Latin

Verb

convince

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convinc?

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku??vi?t??e/

Verb

convince

1. to convince

Related terms

• convinsion

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)

1. The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
2. (dated) gait; bearing.
   • Harper's Magazine

     The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.

3. 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)

1. (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)

1. air, pretension

Derived terms

• sterallure

French

Etymology

aller +? -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ly?/
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

allure f (plural allures)

1. appearance, look
2. speed, pace
3. angle of a boat from the wind
4. gait (of a horse)
5. 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