Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to seduce
Participle: seduced
Gerund: seducing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | seduce |
| you | seduce |
| he;she;it | seduces |
| we | seduce |
| you | seduce |
| they | seduce |
Perfect
| I | have seduced |
| you | have seduced |
| he;she;it | has seduced |
| we | have seduced |
| you | have seduced |
| they | have seduced |
Past
| I | seduced |
| you | seduced |
| he;she;it | seduced |
| we | seduced |
| you | seduced |
| they | seduced |
Pluperfect
| I | had seduced |
| you | had seduced |
| he;she;it | had seduced |
| we | had seduced |
| you | had seduced |
| they | had seduced |
Future
| I | will seduce |
| you | will seduce |
| he;she;it | will seduce |
| we | will seduce |
| you | will seduce |
| they | will seduce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have seduced |
| you | will have seduced |
| he;she;it | will have seduced |
| we | will have seduced |
| you | will have seduced |
| they | will have seduced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | seduce |
| you | seduce |
| he;she;it | seduce |
| we | seduce |
| you | seduce |
| they | seduce |
Perfect
| I | have seduced |
| you | have seduced |
| he;she;it | have seduced |
| we | have seduced |
| you | have seduced |
| they | have seduced |
Imperfect
| I | seduced |
| you | seduced |
| he;she;it | seduced |
| we | seduced |
| you | seduced |
| they | seduced |
Pluperfect
| I | had seduced |
| you | had seduced |
| he;she;it | had seduced |
| we | had seduced |
| you | had seduced |
| they | had seduced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would seduce |
| you | would seduce |
| he;she;it | would seduce |
| we | would seduce |
| you | would seduce |
| they | would seduce |
Perfect
| I | would have seduced |
| you | would have seduced |
| he;she;it | would have seduced |
| we | would have seduced |
| you | would have seduced |
| they | would have seduced |
Imperative
| you | seduce |
| we | Let's seduce |
| you | seduce |
Verbs conjugated like 'seduce'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'seduce'
deduce,
educe,
reduce,
abduce,
adduce,
beduck,
beduke,
deduct,
dedupe,
induce,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēdūcō (“to lead apart or astray”), from sē- (“aside, away, astray”) + dūcō (“to lead”); see duct. Compare adduce, conduce, deduce, etc. and Middle English seduct. See: Latin '
sēdūcō'.
Sample Sentences
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[…] 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, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 308:]
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As a parish priest in England he had dabbled in the black arts, seduced a number of his congregation from their faith and finally celebrated the Black Mass. [1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 30:]
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Your father was seduced by the dark side of The Force. [1983, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi:]
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She also approaches the fires, and seeks to seduce young men. [1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 153:]
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"Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?"
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"Do you want me to seduce you?" [1967, Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, The Graduate:]
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He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.
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He was seduced by the bright lights and glamour of the city.