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Synonyms for seducing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : si-doos, -dyoos
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈdus, -ˈdyus

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Définition of seducing

Origin :
  • 1520s, "to persuade a vassal, etc., to desert his allegiance or service," from Latin seducere "lead away, lead astray," from se- "aside, away" (see secret (n.)) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Sexual sense, now the prevailing one, is attested from 1550s and apparently was not in Latin. Originally "entice (a woman) to a surrender of chastity." Related: Seduced; seducing.
  • Replaced Middle English seduisen (late 15c.), from Middle French séduire "seduce," from Old French suduire "to corrupt, seduce," from Latin subducere "draw away, withdraw, remove," from sub- "from under, further" (see sub-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke).
  • verb tempt, ensnare
  • verb entice sexually
Example sentences :
  • They had no difficulty in seducing, first Senesino, then Montagnana, and finally Heidegger.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • Many had already been the victims of his seducing arts; were they to blame?
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • There's no seducing these women; with them it's a thing of course.
  • Extract from : « Among the Pines » by James R. Gilmore
  • Lucio then told her, Claudio was imprisoned for seducing a young maiden.
  • Extract from : « Tales from Shakespeare » by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb
  • And Billy called a little, seducing call, with two grunts at the end.
  • Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke
  • But he does this by seducing them into rebellion against the Most High.
  • Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King
  • At that date, you understand, he had not the least idea of seducing any one of these ladies.
  • Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
  • So it would seem I have been seducing myself with optimisms.
  • Extract from : « Fantazius Mallare » by Ben Hecht
  • I ought to look upon his desire of seducing my wife as charitable?
  • Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • If he thinks there is hope of my seducing Simon, he will not be so quick to want to kill him.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea

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