All 3 Uses of
seduce
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- A man has carried off your mistress, a man has seduced your wife, a man has dishonored your daughter; he has rendered the whole life of one who had the right to expect from heaven that portion of happiness God his promised to every one of his creatures, an existence of misery and infamy; and you think you are avenged because you send a ball through the head, or pass a sword through the breast, of that man who has planted madness in your brain, and despair in your heart.†
Chpt 35-36
- When he was in England he seduced the wife of one of my friends.†
Chpt 69-70 *
- Valentine, the hand which now threatens you will pursue you everywhere; your servants will be seduced with gold, and death will be offered to you disguised in every shape.†
Chpt 101-102
Definition:
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(seduce) to persuade someone to do something by tempting them with something pleasurable or desired -- often to make them want to have sex