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English
Etymology
From il- + lure.
Pronunciation
Verb
illure (third-person singular simple present illures, present participle illuring, simple past and past participle illured)
- (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.