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Seducing

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.

Seducing

Seducing \Se*du"cing\, a. Seductive. ``Thy sweet seducing charms.''
--Cowper. -- Se*du"cing*ly, adv.

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seducing

vb. (present participle of seduce English)

Usage examples of "seducing".

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.

She added that she was bound by Christian charity to forgive me for the crime I had committed in seducing her, and she felt certain of the reward of the elect, and she assured me that she would ever pray earnestly for my conversion.

I hated myself, for I knew not whether I had sinned most grievously in seducing her or in abandoning her to another.

Hedvig, and it would not have taken place in me if I had not been charmed with you, and if I had not conceived the most seducing ideas of the beauties that I cannot see from the view of the beauties I can see.

I should be right if I complained of her also, because she makes me feel that she is the mistress of my lover, and she shews me that, after seducing him from me, she gives him back to me without difficulty.

Enticing, cherishing, seducing all thought or will other than the desire to caress and adore each other with their warmth and touch.

His innocent angel seemed adept at tantalizing him boldly in one breath and timidly seducing his reassurance in the next.

I came here tonight with every intention of seducing you and carrying you off to bed, honey.

And there were definite advantages to seducing Valerie beyond the obvious physical delights.

His tongue glided smoothly between her lips, tasting and stroking, seducing her into yielding even more.

The embrace started out hard and businesslike, but then he gentled it until his lips were moving softly over hers, seducing, caressing.

Just as she had suspected, getting information about the amulet had been his sole reason for seducing her.

It finished seducing the virgin daughter of a shepherd, a beautiful and innocent human being who that same day paid all to his cruelties and injustices saving to him the life.

He would much prefer to not have to spell it out, this seduction, if she was too dense to realize he was seducing her.

I could not make up my mind either to consent with a good grace, or to throw obstacles in the way, and, believing my dear little wife incapable of abandoning herself to anything likely to displease me, I allowed myself to be taken off my guard, and to rely upon the difficulty of seducing her.