Seduce
[sɪ'djuːs] or [sɪ'dʊs]
Definition
(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'.
(verb.) induce to have sex; 'Harry finally seduced Sally'; 'Did you score last night?'; 'Harry made Sally'.
Edited by Ahmed--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) Specifically, to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation.
Typed by Barack
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Allure, decoy, entice, attract, tempt, inveigle, mislead, lead astray, ensnare.[2]. Tempt to the surrender of chastity.
Checker: Roderick
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tempt, entice, allure, overpersuade, mislead, inveigle, decoy, corrupt,deprave, lead_astray, attract
ANT:Force, compel, overpower
Inputed by Kurt
Definition
v.t. to draw aside from rectitude: to entice: to corrupt: to cause a woman to surrender her chastity through persuasion entreaty under promise of marriage &c.—ns. Sēdūce′ment act of seducing or drawing aside: allurement; Sēdū′cer.—adj. Sēdū′cible.—adv. Sēdū′cingly.—n. Sēduc′tion act of seducing or enticing from virtue any enticement to evil: the act of fraudulently depriving an unmarried woman of her chastity.—adj. Sēduc′tive tending to seduce or draw aside: assiduous.—adv. Sēduc′tively.—ns. Sēduc′tiveness; Sēduc′tor one who leads astray.
Editor: Rudolf
Examples
- And how could that nasty, stupid fellow seduce her I cannot think! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Besides, to tell you the truth, I don't think Charles Bentinck did seduce Lady Abdy from you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Worcester, Berwick, Parker and Napier; all to win and seduce away at once! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- How to seduce any individuals from such an alliance of fraud, was a frequent subject of Adrian's meditations and discourse. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- By the same quality of the mind we are seduced into a good opinion of ourselves, and of all objects, that belong to us. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He is seduced into the life of pleasure, and becomes a lawless person and a rogue. Plato. The Republic.
- In a week's time he seduced me down to the door. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- But a politician with some imaginative interest in genuine affairs need not be seduced into the learned folly of pretending that reality is something else than it is. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This does not mean, however, that students are to be seduced unaware into preoccupation with lessons. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But his self-complacency seduced him into attempting a flight into regions of unexplored English, and the reckless experiment was his ruin. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her plea was, that a soldier had seduced her, she was pregnant by him, and he loved her no longer. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Checked by Kenneth