Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To attract or lead (someone) away from proper behavior or thinking: synonym: lure.
- transitive verb To induce (someone) to engage in sexual activity, as by flirting or persuasion.
- transitive verb To entice into a different state or position.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lead aside or astray; entice away from duty, legal obligation, or rectitude, as by promises, bribes, etc.; corrupt; specifically, to entice (a woman) to a surrender of chastity. See
seduction , 2. - Synonyms Lure, Decoy, etc. See
allure , and list under entice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb Specifically, to induce to engage in sexual intercourse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
beguile orlure someoneaway fromduty ,accepted principles , orproper conduct . To lead astray. - verb To
entice orinduce someone toengage in asexual relationship - verb To
win over orattract someone
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb induce to have sex
- verb lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I especially enjoyed juxtaposing the scientific and the erotic, as when Jennet and Ben Franklin seduce each other while performing an experiment with a rotating sulphur ball.
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Averages again seduce us away from minute observation.
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"His own mouth condemns him," exclaimed the impostor; "he confesses that his intention was to seduce from the way of salvation our well-beloved sister in God; away with him to the dungeon; to-morrow he dies the death; we are manifestly called upon to make an example, tremendous and appalling, to scare the children of sin from our asylum of the saved."
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Or an ungodly witness is one that profanely and atheistically witnesses against religion and godliness, whose instructions seduce from the words of knowledge (v. 27); such a one scorns judgment, laughs at the terrors of the Lord, mocks at that fear, Job xv.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
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Sadly, SoWhat and The Round can't even master the "seduce" part of the equation.
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Kill discreetly two minotaurs since their body parts are highly sought commodities - it is a sacrilege to even provoke the powerful and long lived beings as they have a storied past helping Caeli Amur against enemies - so, using the oldest trick in the book, Kata goes bar-hopping to "seduce" her victims.
"PS Showcase 8 - The Library of Forgotten Books" by Rjurik Davidson (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu)
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They got caught explaoiting her to "seduce" superdelegates and celebs, so they lashed back at the messenger under the guise of misogyny.
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"Is it possible that girls could have a desire, in their heart of hearts, to 'seduce' the father, emotionally at least, because this would mean having more power in the family ...?"
Peggy Drexler: The New Father/ Daughter Dance: Changing Lessons in Power
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The inference I took is that they got called on exploiting Chelsea in an act of desperation to try to "seduce" superdelegates and celebs.
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Endemically corrupt, it can only survive if it can "seduce" the opposition.
John Conyers; Don't Be Brave. Be Smart- Smart Enough to Use the Claw of the Impeachment Hammer.
685974146 commented on the word seduce
re: the pretty girls in the illustrations below I'M IN!
July 9, 2011