† iˈllure, iˈllurement
Alterations of allure, allurement, under the influence of words having prefix il-.
| 1582 N. T. (Rhem.) 2 Cor. xi. 3 note, The sweet mouthes and illurements of Heretickes. 1638 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 218 [He] illured from Babylon six hundred thousand soules. 1651 Burton's Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iii. iv. 494 If these illurements [earlier edd. allurements] do not take place for Simierus. a 1661 Fuller (Webster), The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world, to undo them eternally. |