Seduce

sē-dūs′, v.t. to draw aside from rectitude: to entice: to corrupt: to cause a woman to surrender her chastity through persuasion, entreaty, under promise of marriage, .— ns. Sēdūce′ment , act of seducing or drawing aside: allurement; Sēdū′cer .— adj. Sēdū′cible .— adv. Sēdū′cingly .— n. Sēduc′tion , act of seducing or enticing from virtue, any enticement to evil: the act of fraudulently depriving an unmarried woman of her chastity.— adj. Sēduc′tive , tending to seduce or draw aside: a iduous.— adv. Sēduc′tively .— ns. Sēduc′tivene ; Sēduc′tor , one who leads astray. [L. seducĕre — se- , aside, ducĕre , ductum , to lead.]