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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : si-doos, -dyoos |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈdus, -ˈdyus |
Definition of seduce
Origin :- 1520s, "to persuade a vassal, etc., to desert his allegiance or service," from Latin seducere "lead away, lead astray," from se- "aside, away" (see secret (n.)) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Sexual sense, now the prevailing one, is attested from 1550s and apparently was not in Latin. Originally "entice (a woman) to a surrender of chastity." Related: Seduced; seducing.
- Replaced Middle English seduisen (late 15c.), from Middle French séduire "seduce," from Old French suduire "to corrupt, seduce," from Latin subducere "draw away, withdraw, remove," from sub- "from under, further" (see sub-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke).
- verb tempt, ensnare
- verb entice sexually
- When a woman invert wishes to seduce a normal girl, it is easy for her to do so.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- For the same reason an invert is not virtuous because he does not seduce girls.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- The king himself now asserts it was because he had tried to seduce his paramour.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- When Evil cannot seduce—that is to say, make us consent to it,—then for us it is conquered.
- Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley
- Are you not afraid that the others will hear of him, and seduce him by some tempting offer?
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- How can we be deceived by the blandishments that seduce others?
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- I fell in love with her, and offered her money to try and seduce her.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- They are said to be more difficult to seduce than the strictest of duennas.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Genius will do so little for a man if he do not know how to seize or seduce opportunity.
- Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
- I overheard an Afrite whispering to a female Ghoul he wanted to seduce.'
- Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
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