allect
English
Etymology
From Latin allectare, frequentative of allicere, allectum.
Verb
allect (third-person singular simple present allects, present participle allecting, simple past and past participle allected)
- (obsolete) To allure; to entice.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for allect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- callet, lectal