v. Obs. Also 7 inlure. [f. EN-1 + LURE sb.: cf. ALLURE.] trans. To entice (a hawk) by a lure; hence fig. to draw on, entice; also absol.

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1486.  Bk. St. Albans, D iij b. And thyse ben not enlured ne reclaymed bycause yt they ben so ponderous to the perche portatyf.

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1581.  J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 297 b. The other … enlured Henry the 5. his other sonne vnto lyke outrage agaynst his own Father.

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1607.  Barley-Breake (1877), 20. Whereby he might the better her inlure.

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1607.  Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr., I. i. 13. Euery pleasant fountaine,… that may enlure to returne.

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  Hence Enluring vbl. sb.

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1613.  T. Adams, Pract. Wks. (1861–2), I. 311 (D.). Provocations, heats, enlurings of lusts.

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