Definition of seduce in English:

seduce

verb sɪˈdjuːssəˈd(j)us

[with object]

1Entice (someone) into sexual activity.
a lawyer had seduced a female client
Example sentencesExamples
- He sets out to seduce Judy, the most attractive young woman in sight.
- I heard a rumor, freshman year, that he once tried to seduce every single female teacher in the school.
- The samurai wants to seduce the cute girl but she rejects his advances.
- In every romance, every relationship, one is seduced.
- The girl had never so easily seduced a man.
- Perhaps she would completely seduce him in the next week.
- I made most of the phone calls to get people into the movie and didn't try to seduce anyone.
Synonyms
persuade someone to have sexual intercourse, take away someone's innocence
rape, violate, debauch
lead astray, corrupt, deprave
informal bed, pop someone's cherry, tumble
euphemistic have one's (wicked) way with, take advantage of
literary ravish, deflower
archaic dishonour, ruin
1. 1.1 Entice (someone) to do or believe something inadvisable or foolhardy.
  they should not be seduced into thinking that their success ruled out the possibility of a relapse
  Example sentencesExamples
  When life is so short, why is it that some of us are seduced into working with difficult, unreasonable, and obnoxious people?
  Thus, those having any sense of the wrongness of the activity must be seduced.
  Because of feminism's many successes, women have been seduced into submission once again.
  Nonetheless, we are easily seduced into thinking popularisation of such a subject is, by definition, a bad thing.
  Even pet lovers may be seduced by the possibilities of cloning.
  The opponent is easily seduced into long, lob style passes and dribbling into trouble.
  Particularly notable, Zimbardo said, is that people are seduced into evil by dehumanizing and labeling others.
  He was seduced into the unionist country house set very early on.
  She appreciates its particular qualities without allowing herself to be seduced by its insidious charms.
  It amazes him how people get seduced by the bogus trappings of fame.
  Consumers were easily seduced into buying more for less.
  The master storyteller has been seduced by the lure of technology.
  He was seduced into politics and fell victim to the hubristic notion that he, and he alone, could once again be France's saviour.
  Synonyms
  attract, allure, lure, tempt, entice, beguile, cajole, wheedle, ensnare, charm, captivate, enchant, hypnotize, mesmerize, tantalize, titillate, bewitch, ravish, inveigle, lead astray, trap
  manoeuvre, deceive, dupe
2. 1.2 Attract powerfully.
  the melody seduces the ear with warm string tones
  Example sentencesExamples
  With its opening driving bass rhythms and subdued organ entrance you are immediately seduced by its hypnotic beat.
  Olson is an electrifying performer, who seduces her audiences with wit and energy.
  The delicate layers of percussion, viola, double bass, trumpet and flugelhorn soothe and seduce the ears, but it's Williams' tender vocals that lull the listener into submission.
  To begin with, he relies on the sound of language to seduce the reader.
  By the end of my first day there, Lisbon had completely seduced me.
  He has seduced audiences with his charismatic portrayals of characters for 57 years.
  What he doesn't do is seduce the audience with his nihilistic charm.

Derivatives

seducible

adjective sɪˈdjuːsɪblsəˈd(j)usəb(ə)l

Synonyms
womanizer, philanderer, deceiver, adulterer, romeo, don juan, lothario, casanova, playboy, lecher, ladies' man

Origin

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

duct from mid 17th century:
Duct comes from Latin ductus meaning both ‘leading’ and ‘aqueduct’ formed from ducere ‘to lead’. The verb has produced numerous words in English including abduct (early 17th century) to lead away; conduct (Middle English) lead with; conduit (Middle English); deduce (Late Middle English) draw a conclusion from something; duke; educate (Late Middle English) ‘lead out’; induce (Late Middle English) lead in; introduce (Late Middle English) bring into (a group etc); produce (Late Middle English) ‘lead forward’; reduce (Late Middle English) bring back; seduce (Late Middle English) lead away (originally from duty, with the sexual sense developing in the M16th); subdue (Late Middle English) ‘draw from below’.

Rhymes

abstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus

Definition of seduce in US English:

seduce

verbsəˈd(j)ussəˈd(y)o͞os

[with object]

1Entice (someone) into sexual activity.
a lawyer had seduced a female client
Example sentencesExamples
- I heard a rumor, freshman year, that he once tried to seduce every single female teacher in the school.
- Perhaps she would completely seduce him in the next week.
- I made most of the phone calls to get people into the movie and didn't try to seduce anyone.
- In every romance, every relationship, one is seduced.
- The girl had never so easily seduced a man.
- The samurai wants to seduce the cute girl but she rejects his advances.
- He sets out to seduce Judy, the most attractive young woman in sight.
Synonyms
persuade someone to have sexual intercourse, take away someone's innocence
1. 1.1 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
  Example sentencesExamples
  When life is so short, why is it that some of us are seduced into working with difficult, unreasonable, and obnoxious people?
  The opponent is easily seduced into long, lob style passes and dribbling into trouble.
  Particularly notable, Zimbardo said, is that people are seduced into evil by dehumanizing and labeling others.
  The master storyteller has been seduced by the lure of technology.
  He was seduced into the unionist country house set very early on.
  She appreciates its particular qualities without allowing herself to be seduced by its insidious charms.
  He was seduced into politics and fell victim to the hubristic notion that he, and he alone, could once again be France's saviour.
  Even pet lovers may be seduced by the possibilities of cloning.
  Thus, those having any sense of the wrongness of the activity must be seduced.
  Nonetheless, we are easily seduced into thinking popularisation of such a subject is, by definition, a bad thing.
  Consumers were easily seduced into buying more for less.
  Because of feminism's many successes, women have been seduced into submission once again.
  It amazes him how people get seduced by the bogus trappings of fame.
  Synonyms
  attract, allure, lure, tempt, entice, beguile, cajole, wheedle, ensnare, charm, captivate, enchant, hypnotize, mesmerize, tantalize, titillate, bewitch, ravish, inveigle, lead astray, trap
2. 1.2 Attract powerfully.
  the melody seduces the ear with warm string tones
  Example sentencesExamples
  With its opening driving bass rhythms and subdued organ entrance you are immediately seduced by its hypnotic beat.
  Olson is an electrifying performer, who seduces her audiences with wit and energy.
  By the end of my first day there, Lisbon had completely seduced me.
  He has seduced audiences with his charismatic portrayals of characters for 57 years.
  What he doesn't do is seduce the audience with his nihilistic charm.
  The delicate layers of percussion, viola, double bass, trumpet and flugelhorn soothe and seduce the ears, but it's Williams' tender vocals that lull the listener into submission.
  To begin with, he relies on the sound of language to seduce the reader.

Origin

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

单词	seduce
释义	Definition of seduce in English: seduce verb sɪˈdjuːssəˈd(j)us [with object] 1Entice (someone) into sexual activity. a lawyer had seduced a female client Example sentencesExamples He sets out to seduce Judy, the most attractive young woman in sight. I heard a rumor, freshman year, that he once tried to seduce every single female teacher in the school. The samurai wants to seduce the cute girl but she rejects his advances. In every romance, every relationship, one is seduced. The girl had never so easily seduced a man. Perhaps she would completely seduce him in the next week. I made most of the phone calls to get people into the movie and didn't try to seduce anyone. Synonyms persuade someone to have sexual intercourse, take away someone's innocence rape, violate, debauch lead astray, corrupt, deprave informal bed, pop someone's cherry, tumble euphemistic have one's (wicked) way with, take advantage of literary ravish, deflower archaic dishonour, ruin 1.1 Entice (someone) to do or believe something inadvisable or foolhardy. they should not be seduced into thinking that their success ruled out the possibility of a relapse Example sentencesExamples When life is so short, why is it that some of us are seduced into working with difficult, unreasonable, and obnoxious people? Thus, those having any sense of the wrongness of the activity must be seduced. Because of feminism's many successes, women have been seduced into submission once again. Nonetheless, we are easily seduced into thinking popularisation of such a subject is, by definition, a bad thing. Even pet lovers may be seduced by the possibilities of cloning. The opponent is easily seduced into long, lob style passes and dribbling into trouble. Particularly notable, Zimbardo said, is that people are seduced into evil by dehumanizing and labeling others. He was seduced into the unionist country house set very early on. She appreciates its particular qualities without allowing herself to be seduced by its insidious charms. It amazes him how people get seduced by the bogus trappings of fame. Consumers were easily seduced into buying more for less. The master storyteller has been seduced by the lure of technology. He was seduced into politics and fell victim to the hubristic notion that he, and he alone, could once again be France's saviour. Synonyms attract, allure, lure, tempt, entice, beguile, cajole, wheedle, ensnare, charm, captivate, enchant, hypnotize, mesmerize, tantalize, titillate, bewitch, ravish, inveigle, lead astray, trap manoeuvre, deceive, dupe 1.2 Attract powerfully. the melody seduces the ear with warm string tones Example sentencesExamples With its opening driving bass rhythms and subdued organ entrance you are immediately seduced by its hypnotic beat. Olson is an electrifying performer, who seduces her audiences with wit and energy. The delicate layers of percussion, viola, double bass, trumpet and flugelhorn soothe and seduce the ears, but it's Williams' tender vocals that lull the listener into submission. To begin with, he relies on the sound of language to seduce the reader. By the end of my first day there, Lisbon had completely seduced me. He has seduced audiences with his charismatic portrayals of characters for 57 years. What he doesn't do is seduce the audience with his nihilistic charm. Derivatives seducible adjective sɪˈdjuːsɪblsəˈd(j)usəb(ə)l Synonyms womanizer, philanderer, deceiver, adulterer, romeo, don juan, lothario, casanova, playboy, lecher, ladies' man Origin Late 15th century (originally in the sense 'persuade (someone) to abandon their duty'): from Latin seducere, from se- 'away, apart' + ducere 'to lead'. duct from mid 17th century: Duct comes from Latin ductus meaning both ‘leading’ and ‘aqueduct’ formed from ducere ‘to lead’. The verb has produced numerous words in English including abduct (early 17th century) to lead away; conduct (Middle English) lead with; conduit (Middle English); deduce (Late Middle English) draw a conclusion from something; duke; educate (Late Middle English) ‘lead out’; induce (Late Middle English) lead in; introduce (Late Middle English) bring into (a group etc); produce (Late Middle English) ‘lead forward’; reduce (Late Middle English) bring back; seduce (Late Middle English) lead away (originally from duty, with the sexual sense developing in the M16th); subdue (Late Middle English) ‘draw from below’. Rhymes abstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus Definition of seduce in US English: seduce verbsəˈd(j)ussəˈd(y)o͞os [with object] 1Entice (someone) into sexual activity. a lawyer had seduced a female client Example sentencesExamples I heard a rumor, freshman year, that he once tried to seduce every single female teacher in the school. Perhaps she would completely seduce him in the next week. I made most of the phone calls to get people into the movie and didn't try to seduce anyone. In every romance, every relationship, one is seduced. The girl had never so easily seduced a man. The samurai wants to seduce the cute girl but she rejects his advances. He sets out to seduce Judy, the most attractive young woman in sight. Synonyms persuade someone to have sexual intercourse, take away someone's innocence 1.1 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 Example sentencesExamples When life is so short, why is it that some of us are seduced into working with difficult, unreasonable, and obnoxious people? The opponent is easily seduced into long, lob style passes and dribbling into trouble. Particularly notable, Zimbardo said, is that people are seduced into evil by dehumanizing and labeling others. The master storyteller has been seduced by the lure of technology. He was seduced into the unionist country house set very early on. She appreciates its particular qualities without allowing herself to be seduced by its insidious charms. He was seduced into politics and fell victim to the hubristic notion that he, and he alone, could once again be France's saviour. Even pet lovers may be seduced by the possibilities of cloning. Thus, those having any sense of the wrongness of the activity must be seduced. Nonetheless, we are easily seduced into thinking popularisation of such a subject is, by definition, a bad thing. Consumers were easily seduced into buying more for less. Because of feminism's many successes, women have been seduced into submission once again. It amazes him how people get seduced by the bogus trappings of fame. Synonyms attract, allure, lure, tempt, entice, beguile, cajole, wheedle, ensnare, charm, captivate, enchant, hypnotize, mesmerize, tantalize, titillate, bewitch, ravish, inveigle, lead astray, trap 1.2 Attract powerfully. the melody seduces the ear with warm string tones Example sentencesExamples With its opening driving bass rhythms and subdued organ entrance you are immediately seduced by its hypnotic beat. Olson is an electrifying performer, who seduces her audiences with wit and energy. By the end of my first day there, Lisbon had completely seduced me. He has seduced audiences with his charismatic portrayals of characters for 57 years. What he doesn't do is seduce the audience with his nihilistic charm. The delicate layers of percussion, viola, double bass, trumpet and flugelhorn soothe and seduce the ears, but it's Williams' tender vocals that lull the listener into submission. To begin with, he relies on the sound of language to seduce the reader. Origin Late 15th century (originally in the sense ‘persuade (someone) to abandon their duty’): from Latin seducere, from se- ‘away, apart’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
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