All 3 Uses of
seduce
in
Gone with the Wind
- She looked hungrily at the frocks floating by, butter-yellow watered silks with garlands of rosebuds; pink satins with eighteen flounces edged with tiny black velvet ribbons; baby blue taffeta, ten yards in the skirt and foamy with cascading lace; exposed bosoms; seductive flowers.†
Chpt 2.9
- "Dear," he said quietly, "I am complimenting your intelligence by asking you to be my mistress without having first seduced you."†
Chpt 3.19 *
- Do try to be more subtle, more seductive.†
Chpt 4.34
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