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Etymology

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From il- +‎ lure.

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deceive; to entice; to lure.
    • 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: [] Roger Daniel for John Williams, [], →OCLC:
      The devil ensnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world.