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Allure vs. Alure: What's the Difference?

"Allure" refers to the quality of being attractive or fascinating, while "alure" is an archaic term that historically referred to a passage or walkway, often in a castle.

Allure and Alure Definitions

Allure

To attract with something desirable; entice
Promises of quick profits allure the unwary investor.

Alure

(obsolete) A walk or passage.

Allure

To be highly, often subtly attractive
Charms that still allure.

Alure

A walk or passage; - applied to passages of various kinds.
The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble.

Allure

The power to attract; enticement.
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Allure

The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

Allure

(dated) Gait; bearing.

Allure

The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

Allure

(transitive) To entice; to attract.

Allure

To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.
With promised joys allured them on.
The golden sun in splendor likest HeavenAllured his eye.
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Allure

Allurement.

Allure

Gait; bearing.
The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.

Allure

The power to entice or attract through personal charm

Allure

Dispose or incline or entice to;
We were tempted by the delicious-looking food

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