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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
seduce
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
girl
▪ The priest and his concubine retire; the guest soon seduces the girl with the promise of the sheepskin in payment.
man
▪ He seduced and killed two men he met on the beach, and threatened to kill more.
▪ Thus she thinks that there is a close correlation between the men she can seduce and the men she might marry.
woman
▪ He has learnt his lesson through being seduced by the Older Woman.
▪ His failed attempts in seducing the young woman angered him to the point of incarcerating her.
▪ If seducing desirable women was so easy, why had he not done it before?
▪ For a start, have you ever looked at old men, the sort of old men who seduce young women?
▪ I've never seduced a woman in my life.
■ VERB
allow
▪ I knew perfectly well when I allowed Karen Parsons to seduce me that I was not acting rightly.
▪ When a sympathetic ex-boyfriend came along, she allowed herself to be seduced by him.
▪ Why not allow yourself to be seduced by the voluptuous charms of a luscious pudding every now and again?
try
▪ He wondered if she would indeed try to seduce him.
▪ As in other bowerbirds, the male builds an elaborate bower of twigs and ferns and therein tries to seduce females.
▪ After all he was doing for her, she had virtually accused him of trying to seduce her.
▪ Two years later Herr K. again tried to seduce her as they took a stroll around a lake.
▪ She had tried to seduce even Gareth.
▪ How did a woman cope with a married managing director who tried to seduce her whenever he found her alone?
▪ Lydia and Wickham: Wickham tried to seduce Miss.
▪ You tried to seduce me, but it didn't work.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A majority of law school graduates are seduced by the huge salaries offered by large firms.
▪ He accused Paul of trying to seduce his daughter.
▪ Hunt was seduced by the lure of fame and show business.
▪ She had been seduced by a man who deserted her and went off to sea.
▪ The government has been accused of bringing down taxes simply as a means of seducing voters.
▪ TV advertisements seduce people into buying a particular kind of chocolate bar, washing powder or car.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But a young princess can seduce the vast majority of men.
▪ Every time he seduces a fresh female, he wins the jackpot of her investment in his sons and daughters.
▪ I knew perfectly well when I allowed Karen Parsons to seduce me that I was not acting rightly.
▪ Never mind nature taking its course, it sounds as though you're plotting to seduce him.
▪ She struggled to submit to them, only to be seduced.
▪ Thus she thinks that there is a close correlation between the men she can seduce and the men she might marry.
▪ You look up one entry and are immediately seduced by adjacent items, just out of curiosity.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seduce

Seduce \Se*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seduced; p. pr. & vb. n. Seducing.] [L. seducere, seductum; pref. se- aside + ducere to lead. See Duke.]

  1. 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.

    For me, the gold of France did not seduce.
    --Shak.

  2. Specifically, to induce to engage in sexual intercourse.

    Syn: To allure; entice; tempt; attract; mislead; decoy; inveigle. See Allure.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
seduce

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.\n

\nReplaced Middle English seduisen (late 15c.), from Middle French séduire "seduce," from Old French suduire "to corrupt, seduce," from Latin subducere "draw away, withdraw, remove" (see subduce).

Wiktionary
seduce

vb. 1 To beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray. 2 To entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship. 3 (context by extension euphemistic English) To have sexual intercourse with. 4 To win over or attract someone.

WordNet
seduce

  1. v. induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: score, make]

  2. 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"

Usage examples of "seduce".

That quest was abetted by a sympathetic schoolteacher, Rebecca, who saw in the lad a glimmering hope that occasionally there might be resurrection from a bitter life sentence in the emotionally barren and aesthetically vitiated Kentucky hamlet, and who ultimately seduced him.

I overheard an Afrite whispering to a female Ghoul he wanted to seduce.

More than once she reached toward the flagon, seduced by the ambery liquid.

Turning to his host, he launched into the story of a French military attaché who had been seduced by a young woman who worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When Lucifer seduced Eve, and Cain was begotten, then Cain begat children and these were referred to also as the sons and daughters of Lucifer.

Thascius Cyprianus should be immediately beheaded, as the enemy of the gods of Rome, and as the chief and ringleader of a criminal association, which he had seduced into an impious resistance against the laws of the most holy emperors, Valerian and Gallienus.

Maire knew Cailleach had only her best interests at heart, but could she really seduce Rurik again?

I had best fight Casta before he seduces more of my troops, whilst I still have at least half an army.

A decoy, who seduces the young or inexperienced to the gaming table, and receives a per centage upon their losses.

Situated as she was, I could not suppose her heart susceptible of harbouring a new affection, and I would have despised myself if I had tried to seduce her by any means in my power.

Your fault was that of a warm heart seduced by love, over which reason could have no sway, and your flight--the action of a soul crying for reparation or for revenge-fully justifies you.

I undertook to do it, and she gave me the promise of marriage used by the deceiver to seduce her, so that it could be shewn to her father.

He assured us that Steffani had never entered his house, and therefore he could not conceive by what spell, speaking to his daughter only at night and from the street under the window, he had succeeded in seducing her to such an extent as to make her leave her home alone, on foot, two days after he had left himself in his post-chaise.

Demons created Eve, who seduced him into an act of Sensualism, that enfeebled him, and bound him anew in the bonds of matter.

Eve, created by the Demons, seduced Adam and bound him to matter, 567-u.