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   seduce

   /sɪˈdjuːs/

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   • 1. entice (someone) into sexual activity: "a lawyer had seduced a female client" Similar persuade someone to have sextake away someone's innocencelead astraycorruptdepraveinformal:bedpop someone's cherrytumbleeuphemistic:have one's (wicked) way withtake advantage ofliterary:ravishdeflowerarchaic:dishonourruin
   • ▪ entice (someone) to do or believe something inadvisable or foolhardy: "they should not be seduced into thinking that their success ruled out the possibility of a relapse" Similar attractallureluretemptenticebeguilecajolewheedleensnarecharmcaptivateenchanthypnotizemesmerizetantalizetitillatebewitchravishinveiglelead astraytrapmanoeuvredeceivedupe
   • ▪ attract powerfully: "the melody seduces the ear with warm string tones"

   Word Origin late 15th century (originally in the sense ‘persuade (someone) to abandon their duty’): from Latin seducere, from se- ‘away, apart’ + ducere ‘to lead’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. seducible adjective

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   • If something seduces you, it is so attractive that it makes you do something that you would not otherwise do. The view of lake and plunging cliffs seduces visitors. 3 meanings: 1. to persuade to engage in sexual intercourse 2. to lead astray, as from the right action 3. to win over, attract,.... Click for more definitions.

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   • Definition of seduce verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary seduce somebody to persuade somebody to have sex with you, especially somebody who is younger or who has less experience than you Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!

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   What does seduction mean?

   • ...the seduction of words. If someone seduces another person, they use their charm to persuade that person to have sex with them. She has set out to seduce Stephen. [VERB noun] Her methods of seduction are subtle. ...a slow seduction. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3.

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   Where does the word seduce come from?

   • Seduce comes from the Latin verb sēdūcere, meaning “to lead aside.” (The root dūcere also forms the basis of words like induce, produce, and reduce .) The first records of seduce in English come from the 1470s. Its original use referred to persuading a soldier or servant to desert or change sides.

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   seduce: 1 v lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct “She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor” Type of: entice , lure , tempt provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion v induce to have sex “Harry finally seduced Sally” Type of: ...

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   seduce somebody (into something/into doing something) to persuade somebody to do something that they would not usually agree to do by making it seem very attractive synonym entice. The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money. advertisements that seduce us with promises; Topics Discussion and agreement c2