different between incline vs seduce

English

Alternative forms

• encline (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin incl?n? (“incline, tilt”), from in- + cl?n? (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *?ley- (English lean).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?n
• (verb) enPR: ?nkl?n', IPA^(key): /?n?kla?n/
• (noun) enPR: ?n'kl?n, IPA^(key): /??n.kla?n/

Verb

incline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)

1. (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

2. (intransitive) To slope.

3. (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

   • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."

   • 1966, J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170:

     The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. […] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, […].

Related terms

• inclination

Translations

Noun

incline (plural inclines)

1. A slope.

   To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

Related terms

• climate
• cline
• decline
• recline

Translations

Further reading

• incline in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• incline in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• incline at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -nicline

French

Verb

incline

1. first-person singular present indicative of incliner
2. third-person singular present indicative of incliner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of incliner
5. second-person singular imperative of incliner

Galician

Verb

incline

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar

Italian

Adjective

incline (plural inclini)

1. inclined, prone

   Synonyms: facile, propenso

Portuguese

Verb

incline

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
3. third-person singular imperative of inclinar

Spanish

Verb

incline

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inclinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of inclinar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?d?c? (“to lead apart or astray”), from s?- (“aside, away, astray”) + d?c? (“to lead”); see duct. Compare adduce, conduce, deduce, etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??dju?s/
• (US, General American) IPA^(key): /s??d(j)u?s/

Verb

seduce (third-person singular simple present seduces, present participle seducing, simple past and past participle seduced)

1. (transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
2. (transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship.
3. (by extension, transitive, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.

4. (transitive) To win over or attract.

Synonyms

• (to lure away from duty): corrupt, lead astray, misguide, bribe
• (to induce a sexual relationship): debauch, forlead, pick up, vamp
• (to have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to win over or attract): beguile, entrance, pull in; see also Thesaurus:allure

Related terms

• seduction
• seductive
• seducement
• seducer
• seductress

Translations

Further reading

• seduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• seduce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• deuces, educes

Italian

Verb

seduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of sedurre

Latin

Verb

s?d?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of s?d?c?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?d?c?re, present active infinitive of s?d?c?, French séduire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se?dut?e]

Verb

a seduce (third-person singular present seduce, past participle sedus) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to seduce

Conjugation

Derived terms

• seduc?tor
• seducere
• sedus

Spanish

Verb

seduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of seducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of seducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of seducir.