Definition of lure

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Lure (v. i.) To recall a hawk or other animal.

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Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..
Tweedle :: Tweedle (v. t.) To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure..
Lured :: Lured (imp. & p. p.) of Lur.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
Soilure :: Soilure (n.) Stain; pollution.
Irrecognition :: Irrecognition (n.) A failure to recognize; absence of recognition.
Tempting :: Tempting (a.) Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures..
Nonelection :: Nonelection (n.) Failure of election.
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him..
Telluret :: Telluret (n.) A telluride.
Connivance :: Connivance (n.) Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
Flunk :: Flunk (n.) a total failure in a recitation.
Stumbler :: Stumble (n.) A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Entice :: Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..
Nonpreparation :: Nonpreparation (n.) Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail..
Nonperformance :: Nonperformance (n.) Neglect or failure to perform.
Decoy :: Decoy (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net..
Abortion :: Abortion (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion..
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