allect

Etymology

From Latin allectare, frequentative of allicere, allectum.

allect means To allure; to entice; to sway. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

ALLECT — [Verb] To allure or entice, especially by subtle or artful means. From the Latin allectare, a frequentative verb meaning 'to entice repeatedly', derived from allicere ('to allure, entice'), itself from ad- ('to') and lacere ('to lure, deceive'). Unlike 'attract,' which suggests a general magnetic draw, or 'coerce,' which implies compulsion by force, to allect is to conduct a quiet campaign of exquisite temptation. It is the glint of gold in a darkened room, the scent of rain on parched earth from a distant quarter, or the slow, deliberate smile that promises a secret the heart yearns to know—a quiet art of persuasion that makes the will a willing accomplice.

verb

To allure; to entice; to sway.“[…] for conducing wherof theye cannot devyse a better way then to allect the Kinges Grace, with faier promyses, to discend on this syde, to thentent their enterprise should be the more easye and feysable on that party;· and thus to passe, or sen an armye for this or sch like effect, were neyther wisdome profit honnor ne good counsaill.”
To attract; to draw to oneself.“Other were sent also to allect and entice lyz Robert Clyfford , and William Batly to retorne into Englande, promslinge to theim franke and free pardone of all offences, and commes promitted promcions and rewardes, for obeynge to the kynges request.”