illure

      English

      Etymology

      il- +‎ lure

      Verb

      illure (third-person singular simple present illures, present participle illuring, simple past and past participle illured)

      1. (obsolete) To deceive; to entice; to lure.
        The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world. — Fuller.

      Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

      Last modified on 4 June 2013, at 23:17