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seduce

[ si-doos, -dyoos ]

verb (used with object)

, se·duced, se·duc·ing.
  1. to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.

    Synonyms: deceive, lure, allure, decoy, inveigle, beguile

    Antonyms: repel

  2. to persuade or induce to have sexual intercourse.
  3. to lead or draw away, as from principles, faith, or allegiance:

    He was seduced by the prospect of gain.

  4. to win over; attract; entice:

    a supermarket seducing customers with special sales.



seduce

/ sɪˈdjuːs /

verb

  1. to persuade to engage in sexual intercourse
  2. to lead astray, as from the right action
  3. to win over, attract, or lure


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Derived Forms

  • seˈducible, adjective

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Other Words From

  • se·ducer noun
  • se·duci·ble se·ducea·ble adjective
  • se·ducing·ly adverb
  • unse·duci·ble adjective
  • unse·duci·ble·ness noun
  • unse·duci·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of seduce1

First recorded in 1470–80; from Latin sēdūcere “to lead aside,” equivalent to sē- se- + dūcere “to lead”; replacing earlier seduise, from Middle French, from Latin, as above

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Word History and Origins

Origin of seduce1

C15: from Latin sēdūcere to lead apart, from sē- apart + dūcere to lead

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Synonym Study

See tempt.

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Example Sentences

“Precisely to seduce you…so you are kind to me,” says Castro.

Before long, their husbands were too busy trying to seduce their wives to keep up clashes.

Innuendo: Two “punishers” strip down and start to seduce Theon as part of the mindgames enacted by his captor.

The two of them would seduce groupies, but they had to share a hotel room.

Their extreme objectification is never hidden, and they often seduce and distract the suave spy.

At Stettin, during the armistice, he entered the fortress and tried to seduce the governor, an ex-Jacobin and erstwhile friend.

He is too scrupulous to seek to seduce the wife of another; he even fears to contract an illicit intimacy with a maid or a widow.

What is it that gives evil governments their influence, but their power to terrify, and their wealth and honours to seduce?

A whisper at Ispahan, 'Kerbogha is of the Ismaelians; he moves disguised as a dervish to seduce the emirs.'

His last resource was an attempt to seduce the loyalty of the besiegers.

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