Both Uses of
seduce
in
Misery, by Stephen King
- He knew it, but the thought of that telephone, the imagined sensation of the cool black plastic under his fingers, the click of the rotary dial or the single booping sound as he touch-toned 0, these were seductions too great to resist.†
Chpt 1
- But Maugham first seduced him and then made him a child again, and that was wonderful.†
Chpt 2 *seduced = persuaded 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."