All 5 Uses of
seduce
in
Howards End
- I am now obliged to ask for the name of her seducer.†
Part 38seducer = someone who persuades someone to want something (often sex or love) by tempting with something desired
- Then speech came, and she said slowly: "Seducer?†
Part 38
- No; I do not know her seducer's name.†
Part 38
- "I never even asked her who seduced her," said Margaret, dwelling on the hateful word thoughtfully.†
Part 38 *seduced = persuaded someone to want something (often sex or love) by tempting with something desired
- "Are we to make her seducer marry her?" she asked.†
Part 38seducer = someone who persuades someone to want something (often sex or love) by tempting with something desired
Definitions:
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(1)
(seduce) to persuade someone to do something by tempting them with something pleasurable or desired -- often to make them want to have sex
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The passive form, seduced can also mean to have won over as in "She was seduced into buying the house by the beautiful yard."