To seduce is to persuade someone to do something that is not considered proper conduct.
(verb)See seduce in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb seduced, seducing
Origin: ME seduisen < LL(Ec) seducere, to mislead, seduce < L, to lead aside < se-, apart (see secede) + ducere, to lead: see duct
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transitive verb se·duced, se·duc·ing, se·duc·es
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Origin: Middle English seduisen
Origin: , from Old French seduire, seduis-
Origin: , alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin sēdūcere, to lead astray)
Origin: of suduire, to seduce
Origin: , from Latin subdūcere, to withdraw
Origin: : sub-, sub-
Origin: + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots
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