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verb
To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: corrupt, lead astray, misguide, bribe, adulterate, debauch, demoralize, detort, file, immoralize, pervert, pollute, preposterate, seduce, sophisticate, suborn, subvert, tamper, unmoralize, vitiate, warp
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: debauch, forlead, pick up, vamp
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To have sexual intercourse with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, euphemistic, transitive
Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with, Formal terms, bed, coit, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, have, know, lie by, lie with, love, mount, occupy, penetrate, season, seduce, take, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, beep, be with, bone, boff, boink, bonk, boom-boom, dick, diddle, dig out, do, doink, drill, eff, expletive deleted, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go with, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, love up, make, nail, plough, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, ravage, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, schlong, screw, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, tap, tup, wap
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To win over or attract.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: beguile, entrance, pull in, allure, arrest, attract, becharm, bewitch, beckon, captivate, charm, court, delight, draw, effascinate, enchant, engage, enthrall, enrapture, fascinate, forspeak, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, mesmerize, pull, seduce, sirenize, spellbind, tempt, tole
Antonyms: none provided
verb
lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: entice, lure, tempt
verb
induce to have sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: score, make
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: persuade
History
Borrowed from Latin sēdūcō (“to lead apart or astray”), from sē- (“aside, away, astray”) + dūcō (“to lead”); see duct. Compare adduce, conduce, deduce, etc. and Middle English seduct.
Across languages
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
