All 3 Uses of
seduce
in
Me Before You
- I had begun stroking his back, in a rare attempt at seduction, and he had murmured that he was really too tired, his hand flicking as if he were swatting me away.†
p. 100.5 *seduction = the process of persuading someone to want something (often sex or love) by tempting with something desired
- He had blown in with the soft breezes of a wider world, and it was weirdly seductive.†
p. 173.4seductive = sexually attractive; or persuasive by tempting with something desired
- If you're worried I have some devious secret plan to seduce you, you can just pull my plug out.†
p. 245.1
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."