lure n
1. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward [syn: enticement, come-on]
2. anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come-on, hook, sweetener]
3. something used to lure victims into danger [syn: bait, decoy] v : provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" [syn: entice, tempt]

Lure \Lure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lured; p. pr. & vb. n. Luring.] [OF. loirer, loirier, F. leurrer. See Lure, n.] 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.

Lure \Lure\, v. i. To recall a hawk or other animal.

Lure \Lure\, n. [OF. loire, loirre, loerre, F. leurre lure, decoy; of German origin; cf. MHG. luoder, G. luder lure, carrion.]
1. A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks. --Shak.
2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. --Milton.
3. (Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush. --Knight.

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