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illuring

illuring is the present participle and gerund of illure.

Meaning of illure

Verb

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.
    • The devil ensnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world.1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC

Questions about illuring

What is illuring the present participle and gerund of?
Illuring is the present participle and gerund of illure.

Words near illuring in the dictionary

  1. illure
  2. illured
  3. illurement
  4. illurements
  5. illures
  6. illuring
  7. illus
  8. illus.
  9. illusion
  10. illusion cake
  11. illusion cakes

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