What does "lure" mean?
Lure: Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.(Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush. Knight.
- 3.To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract. I am not lured with love. Piers Plowman. And various science lures the learned eye. Gay.
- 4.To recall a hawk or other animal.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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