different between woo vs seduce

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: wo?o, IPA^(key): /wu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

From Middle English wowen, wo?en, from Old English w?gian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English w?g, w?h (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanh? (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *w?- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).

Alternative forms

• wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)

Verb

woo (third-person singular simple present woos, present participle wooing, simple past and past participle wooed)

1. (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's support.
2. (transitive) (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
   • 1718, Matthew Prior, epistle to Charles Montagu.

     Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
3. (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
   • a. 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Summer Wind

     I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.

Synonyms

• (to solicit in love): court; see also Thesaurus:woo

Derived terms

• wooer

Translations

Etymology 2

Interjection

woo

1. (slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.

   "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"

Etymology 3

Adjective

woo (comparative more woo, superlative most woo)

1. Alternative form of woo woo

Noun

woo

1. Alternative form of woo woo

Anagrams

• OWO

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wo?/

Determiner

wóo

1. that, those (masculine)

See also

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wo, wa

Etymology

From Old English w?, w?, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

woo (plural woos)

1. woe, torment, anguish

Synonyms

• angwissh
• we

Descendants

• English: woe
• Scots: wa, wae

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.