Both Uses of
seduce
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- She had tried to seduce the good priest who heard her infrequent confessions because she felt sorry for him.†
Chpt 11 *seduce = persuade someone to want something (often sex or love) by tempting with something desired
- She put her hand on her hip and leaned seductively—or so she thought—against the door jamb.†
Chpt 27seductively = in a sexually attractive manner; or in a manner that tends to persuade someone to do something 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."