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seduce
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)
- (transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
- (transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship.
- (by extension, transitive, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (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
- third-person singular present indicative of sedurre
Latin
Verb
s?d?ce
- 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.
- (transitive) to seduce
Conjugation
Derived terms
- seduc?tor
- seducere
- sedus
Spanish
Verb
seduce
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of seducir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of seducir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of seducir.
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cajole
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cajoler, probably a blend of Middle French cageoler (“chatter like a jay”) (from gajole, dialectal diminutive of geai (“jaybird”)) + Old French gaioler (“entice into a cage”), which is from Medieval Latin gabiola, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea (“cage, coop, enclosure, stall”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??d???l/
- (US) enPR: k?-j?l?, IPA(key): /k??d?o?l/
- Rhymes: -??l
- Hyphenation: ca?jole
Verb
cajole (third-person singular simple present cajoles, present participle cajoling, simple past and past participle cajoled)
- (transitive and intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
- Synonyms: butter up, coax, entice, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, ch. 12:
- Then he cajoled with his brother, and persuaded him what service he had done him.
- 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot, ch. 27:
- If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?
- 1894, Horatio Alger, Only An Irish Boy, ch. 19:
- He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.
- 1898, Gilbert Parker, The Battle Of The Strong, ch. 37:
- [W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.
- 1917, Upton Sinclair, King Coal, ch. 8:
- Schulman, general manager of the "G. F. C.," had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.
- 2010 August 4, Michael Scherer, "NonSTARTer? Obama's Troubled Nuclear Treaty," Time:
- For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole, convince and placate Republicans.
Derived terms
- cajoler
Translations
French
Verb
cajole
- first-person singular present indicative of cajoler
- third-person singular present indicative of cajoler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cajoler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cajoler
- second-person singular imperative of cajoler
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