Definition of lure

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Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..

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Unerring :: Unerring (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God..
Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (v. t.) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up..
Nondevelopment :: Nondevelopment (n.) Failure or lack of development.
Allect :: Allect (v. t.) To allure; to entice.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation..
Invite :: Invite (v. t.) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
Missuccess :: Missuccess (n.) Failure.
Nonsubmission :: Nonsubmission (n.) Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.
Tole :: Tole (v. t.) To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait..
Dearth :: Dearth (n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Siren :: Siren (n.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction..
Nonelection :: Nonelection (n.) Failure of election.
Impenitence :: Impenitence (n.) The condition of being impenitent; failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart.
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait..
Error :: Error (n.) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base..
Allure :: Allure (n.) Allurement.
Bait :: Bait (v. i.) Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time..
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