Definition of "seduce"

seduce

/sɪˈdjuːs/

verb
third-person singular simple present seduces, present participle seducing, simple past and past participle seduced
1. (transitive) To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray. ]
  Quotations
  […] they alledged, That becauſe I had ſome Rudiments of Reaſon, added to the natural pravity of thoſe Animals, it was to be feared, I might be able to ſeduce them into the woody and mountainous parts of the Country, and bring them in Troops by night to deſtroy the Houyhnhnms Cattle, as being naturally of the ravenous kind, and averſe from Labour.
  1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 308
  Your father was seduced by the dark side of The Force.
  1983, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
2. (transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship. ]
  Quotations
  "Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?""Do you want me to seduce you?"
  1967, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, The Graduate
3. (by extension, transitive, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
4. (transitive) To win over or attract.

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