to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
to persuade or induce to have sexual intercourse.
to lead or draw away, as from principles, faith, or allegiance: He was seduced by the prospect of gain.
to win over; attract; entice: a supermarket seducing customers with special sales.
Origin of seduce
First recorded in 1470–80; from Latin sēdūcere “to lead aside,” equivalent to sē-se- + dūcere “to lead”; replacing earlier seduise, from Middle French, from Latin, as above
Over time, Gore was seduced by what he calls ecology’s “big, beautiful theories” for how living beings can exist in complex communities.
A Physicist’s Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights|Gabriel Popkin|October 13, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Silicon Valley has long been seduced by the idea of augmented reality and has struggled nearly as long to make the technology useful.
Magic Leap tried to create an alternate reality. Its founder was already in one|Verne Kopytoff|September 26, 2020|Fortune
In coming decades, technology will more compellingly seduce our attention, will escape its silicon-and-glass cage, will animate the inanimate, and even shape our biology.
What Two Billion People Pay Attention to Is Still in the Hands of a Few Companies|Jason Dorrier|September 20, 2020|Singularity Hub
Then the Pool Boy Chronicles, in which Falwell’s wife allegedly seduced a 20-year-old pool boy into a relationship that involved Falwell attending for the purposes of video documentation.
Who Among Us Has Not Seduced the Pool Boy?|Eugene Robinson|August 30, 2020|Ozy
“Precisely to seduce you…so you are kind to me,” says Castro.
Don’t Remember Barbara Walters for ‘The View’|Tim Teeman|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before long, their husbands were too busy trying to seduce their wives to keep up clashes.
Ukrainian Women’s Lysistrata Moment: Sex Strike Against Russian Men|Lizzie Crocker|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Innuendo: Two “punishers” strip down and start to seduce Theon as part of the mindgames enacted by his captor.
‘Game of Thrones’: Sex, Starks, and Nudity by the Numbers|Anna Klassen|June 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Their extreme objectification is never hidden, and they often seduce and distract the suave spy.
From Honey Ryder to Pussy Galore, the Evolution of the James Bond Girl|Anna Klassen|October 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The mysteries raised in this reflection lack the sexiness to seduce news anchors or political campaigners.
Leslie H. Gelb on the Mysteries of the Middle East Riots|Leslie H. Gelb|September 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
No bribe could seduce—no threat divert Mr. Adams from the path of duty.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution|L. Carroll Judson
By their feline and gentle manners they can seduce and charm persons they have an interest in cheating, whenever they please.
The Gold-Seekers|Gustave Aimard
Puritanism kept up its Don Quixote battle against May-poles until there was hardly one standing to seduce the people to idolatry.
The Beginners of a Nation|Edward Eggleston.
Are you not afraid that the others will hear of him, and seduce him by some tempting offer?
One Of Them|Charles James Lever
She did not hesitate even to tell him of her success in an attempt to befool and seduce Eutyches the denunciator.
Herodias|Gustave Flaubert
British Dictionary definitions for seduce
seduce
/ (sɪˈdjuːs) /
verb(tr)
to persuade to engage in sexual intercourse
to lead astray, as from the right action
to win over, attract, or lure
Derived forms of seduce
seducibleorseduceable, adjective
Word Origin for seduce
C15: from Latin sēdūcere to lead apart, from sē- apart + dūcere to lead