Definition of Seduce

1. Verb. Induce to have sex. "Harry made Sally"


2. Verb. 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"
Generic synonyms: Entice, Lure, Tempt
Related verbs: Make, Score
Derivative terms: Seducer, Seduction

Definition of Seduce

1. v. t. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.

Definition of Seduce

1. Verb. To beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct. To lead astray. ¹

2. Verb. To entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship ¹

3. Verb. To win over or attract someone ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seduce

1. to lead astray [v -DUCED, -DUCING, -DUCES] : SEDUCIVE [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seduce

sediments
sedimentum
sedimentum lateritium
sedition
seditionaries
seditionary
seditions
seditious
seditiously
seditiousness
seditiousnesses
sedoheptulose
sedoheptulose-bisphosphatase
sedovite
seduc't
seduced
seducement
seducements
seducer
seducers
seduces
seducest
seduceth
seducible
seducing
seducingly
seducings
seducive

Literary usage of Seduce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1860)
"LOUIS CAPTAIN REPARTI TRANSACTIONS AT THE FORT ATTEMPTS TO seduce THE SACHEMS MISCHIEF BREWING ON THE FRONTIER DIFFICULTIES AND DELAYS IN PARTING DESCENT OF ..."

2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"CHAPTER XX •Alexander besieges Bergen-op-Zoom—Pallavicini'a attempt to seduce Parma—Alexander's fury—He is forced to raise the siege of ..."

3. A Treatise on the Criminal Law as Now Administered in the United States by Emlin McClain (1897)
"To seduce female or entice to prostitution.— Pertinent examples of cases where the conspiracy will be criminal though the purpose is only unlawful and not ..."

4. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"... which no trial could shake, no bribe seduce, no danger appal: and be assured that the just God, who crowned their efforts with success, will, ..."

5. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"... which no trial could shake, no bribe seduce, no danger appal: and be assured that the just God, who crowned their efforts with success, will, ..."

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