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   Lure

   /lo͝or/

   

   verb

   • 1. tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward: "the child was lured into a car but managed to escape"

   noun

   • 1. something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something: "the film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls"
   • ▪ the strongly attractive quality of a person or thing: "the lure of a better-paid job"
   • ▪ a type of bait used in fishing or hunting.
   • ▪ a bunch of feathers with a weighted object attached to a long string, swung around the head of the falconer to recall a hawk.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French luere, of Germanic origin; probably related to German Luder ‘bait’.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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