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   Se·duce

   /səˈdo͞os/

   

   verb

   • 1. entice (someone) into sexual activity: "a lawyer had seduced a female client" Similar persuade someone to have sextake away someone's innocencelead astraycorruptdepraveinformal:bedpop someone's cherrytumbleeuphemistic:have one's (wicked) way withtake advantage ofliterary:ravishdeflowerarchaic:dishonorruin
   • ▪ attract (someone) to a belief or into a course of action that is inadvisable or foolhardy: "they should not be seduced into thinking that their success ruled out the possibility of a relapse" Similar attractallureluretemptenticebeguilecajolewheedleensnarecharmcaptivateenchanthypnotizemesmerizetantalizetitillatebewitchravishinveiglelead astraytrapmaneuverdeceivedupe
   • ▪ attract powerfully: "the melody seduces the ear with warm string tones"

   Word Origin late 15th century (originally in the sense ‘persuade (someone) to abandon their duty’): from Latin seducere, from se- ‘away, apart’ + ducere ‘to lead’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. seducible adjective

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