Both Uses of
seduce
in
Arrowsmith
- Jordan seduced his sister, here 'bout six years back.†
Chpt 24 *
- However vague the citizens were as to the nature of his wickedness, once they lost faith in him they lost it completely and with joy, and they welcomed an apparently spontaneously generated rumor that he had betrayed his benefactor, their beloved Dr. Pickerbaugh, by seducing Orchid.†
Chpt 24
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