SEDUCE

seduce

(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”

seduce, score, make

(verb) induce to have sex; “Harry finally seduced Sally”; “Did you score last night?”; “Harry made Sally”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

seduce (third-person singular simple present seduces, present participle seducing, simple past and past participle seduced)

(transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.

(transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship.

(by extension, transitive, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.

(transitive) To win over or attract.

Synonyms

• (to lure away from duty): corrupt, lead astray, misguide, bribe

• (to induce a sexual relationship): debauch, forlead, pick up, vamp

• (to have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also copulate with

• (to win over or attract): beguile, entrance, pull in; see also allure

Anagrams

• deuces, educes

Source: Wiktionary

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Se*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seduced; p. pr. & vb. n. Seducing.] Etym: [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 surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation.

Syn.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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