seduced; seducing
1
: to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
2
: to lead astray usually by persuasion or false promises
3
: to carry out the physical seduction of : entice to sexual intercourse
4
: attract
seducer
noun
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Examples of seduce in a Sentence
He tried to seduce her.
She was seduced by an older man.
The other team seduced him with a better offer.
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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As Eve says to Adam: His fraud is then thy fear, which plain infers
Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The Medusa logo was chosen as a symbol of captivating beauty, seducing all those who behold it.
—Mattia Dognini, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
Among the most glaring examples is Ninth Division Commander Gen. Roh Tae-gun (Park Jae-hoon, excellent), a weak-willed lackey seduced by power and greed who’s based on Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s successor as president in 1988.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
As Eve says to Adam: His fraud is then thy fear, which plain infers
Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Seduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seduce. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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seduce
verb
se·duce
si-ˈd(y)üs 
seduced; seducing
1
: to persuade to be disobedient or disloyal
2
: to persuade to do wrong
seduced into crime
3
: to persuade to have sexual intercourse especially for the first time
seducer
noun
seduction
noun
-ˈdək-shən
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