MEANING
1. To draw someone toward an action or belief by appealing strongly to desire or interest.
2. To attract and persuade someone into a sexual relationship.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- seduce someone into
- be seduced by a promise
On the page
The promise of recognition seduced him into accepting the impossible deadline.
She was seduced by the elegance of an explanation the evidence did not support.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- seduce
- Past tense
- seduced
- Past participle
- seduced
- Present participle
- seducing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- seduce
- Present continuous
- am/is/are seducing
- Present perfect
- have/has seduced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been seducing
- Past
- seduced
- Past continuous
- was/were seducing
- Past perfect
- had seduced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been seducing
- Future
- will seduce
- Future continuous
- will be seducing
- Future perfect
- will have seduced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been seducing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: seduce; seduces; seduced; seduced; seducing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: seduces.
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