[f. ALLURE v. + -ING1.]
1. The action of attracting or enticing with the prospect of advantage. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1531. Elyot, Governor (1834), 22. It behoueth with most pleasaunt allurynges to instill in them swete maners.
1602. Fulbecke, Pandects, 72. For the alluring of straunge Merchants into a Realme, their priuiledges must be inuiolablie obserued.
1842. J. H. Newman, Par. Serm., VI. xiv. 224. Let us be far more set upon alluring souls into the right way.
† 2. Attractiveness, fascination, charm. Obs.
1586. T. B., La Primaudaye’s Fr. Acad., 482. Nature having honoured woman with a gracious alluring of the eyes.
c. 1622. Fletcher, Wom. Prize, I. iii. (R.). Thus despising Thee and thy best allurings.
